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PRIMEFACES
USERS GUIDE
Author
Optimus Prime
Covers 2.2 and 2.2.1 Last Update: 05.02.2011
PrimeFaces Users Guide
This guide is dedicated to my wife Nurcan, without her support PrimeFaces wouldnt exist.
aatay ivici
1. Introduction!
1.1 What is PrimeFaces?! 1.2 Prime Technology!
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2. Setup!
2.1 Download! 2.2 Dependencies! 2.3 Conguration! 2.4 Hello World!
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3. Component Suite!
3.1 AccordionPanel! 3.2 AjaxBehavior! 3.3 AjaxStatus! 3.4 AutoComplete ! 3.5 BreadCrumb! 3.6 Button! 3.7 Calendar! 3.8 Captcha ! 3.9 Carousel! 3.10 CellEditor! 3.11 Charts!
3.11.1 Pie Chart! 3.11.2 Line Chart! 3.11.3 Column Chart! 3.11.4 Stacked Column Chart! 3.11.5 Bar Chart!
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3.11.6 StackedBar Chart! 3.11.7 Chart Series! 3.11.8 Skinning Charts! 3.11.9 Real-Time Charts! 3.11.10 Interactive Charts! 3.11.11 Charting Tips!
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3.12 Collector! 3.13 Color Picker! 3.14 Column! 3.15 Columns! 3.16 ColumnGroup! 3.17 CommandButton! 3.18 CommandLink! 3.19 ConrmDialog! 3.20 ContextMenu! 3.21 Dashboard! 3.22 DataExporter! 3.23 DataGrid! 3.24 DataList! 3.25 DataTable! 3.26 Dialog! 3.27 Divider! 3.28 Drag&Drop!
3.28.1 Draggable! 3.28.2 Droppable!
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3.29 Dock!
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3.30 Editor! 3.31 Effect! 3.32 Fieldset! 3.33 FileDownload! 3.34 FileUpload! 3.35 Focus ! 3.36 Galleria ! 3.37 GMap! 3.38 GMapInfoWindow! 3.39 GraphicImage ! 3.40 GraphicText! 3.41 Growl! 3.42 HotKey! 3.43 IdleMonitor! 3.44 ImageCompare! 3.45 ImageCropper! 3.46 ImageSwitch! 3.47 Inplace ! 3.48 InputMask! 3.49 InputText! 3.50 InputTextarea! 3.51 Keyboard! 3.52 Layout! 3.53 LayoutUnit! 3.54 LightBox!
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3.55 Media! 3.56 Menu! 3.57 Menubar! 3.58 MenuButton! 3.59 MenuItem! 3.60 Message! 3.61 Messages! 3.62 NoticationBar! 3.63 OutputPanel! 3.64 Panel! 3.65 Password! 3.66 PickList! 3.67 Poll! 3.68 Printer! 3.69 ProgressBar! 3.70 Push! 3.71 Rating! 3.72 RemoteCommand! 3.73 Resizable! 3.74 Resource! 3.75 Resources! 3.76 Row! 3.77 RowEditor! 3.78 RowExpansion! 3.79 RowToggler!
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3.80 Schedule ! 3.81 Separator! 3.82 Slider! 3.83 Spacer! 3.84 Spinner! 3.85 Submenu! 3.86 Stack! 3.87 Tab! 3.88 TabView! 3.89 Terminal! 3.90 ThemeSwitcher! 3.91 Toolbar! 3.92 ToolbarGroup! 3.93 Tooltip! 3.94 Tree! 3.95 TreeNode! 3.96 TreeTable ! 3.97 Watermark! 3.98 Wizard!
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4. TouchFaces!
4.1 Getting Started with TouchFaces! 4.2 Views! 4.3 Navigations! 4.4 Ajax Integration! 4.5 Sample Applications !
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4.6 TouchFaces Components !

4.6.1 Application! 4.6.2 NavBarControl! 4.6.3 RowGroup! 4.6.4 RowItem! 4.6.5 Switch! 4.6.6 TableView! 4.6.7 View!
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5. Partial Rendering and Processing!

5.1 Partial Rendering!
5.1.1 Infrastructure! 5.1.2 Using IDs! 5.1.3 Notifying Users! 5.1.4 Bits&Pieces!
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5.2 Partial Processing!

5.2.1 Partial Validation! 5.2.2 Keywords! 5.2.3 Using Ids!
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6. Ajax Push/Comet!
6.1 Atmosphere ! 6.2 PrimeFaces Push!
6.2.1 Setup! 6.2.2. CometContext! 6.2.3 Push Component!
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7. Javascript API!
7.1 PrimeFaces Namespace!
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8. Themes!
8.1 Applying a Theme ! 8.2 Creating a New Theme ! 8.3 How Themes Work! 8.4 Theming Tips!
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9. Utilities!
9.1 RequestContext! 9.2 EL Functions!
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10. Portlets!
10.1 Dependencies! 10.2 Conguration!
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11. Integration with Java EE! 12. IDE Support !

12.1 NetBeans! 12.2 Eclipse!
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13. Project Resources! 14. FAQ!
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1. Introduction
1.1 What is PrimeFaces?
PrimeFaces is an open source component suite for Java Server Faces featuring 100+ Ajax powered rich set of JSF components. Additional TouchFaces module features a UI kit for developing mobile web applications. Main goal of PrimeFaces is to create the ultimate component suite for JSF.
100+ rich set of components (HtmlEditor, Dialog, AutoComplete, Charts and more). Built-in Ajax with Lightweight Partial Page Rendering. Native Ajax Push/Comet support. Mobile UI kit to create mobile web applications for handheld devices with webkit based browsers.(IPhone, Palm, Android Phones, Nokia S60 and more) One jar, zero-configuration and no required dependencies. Skinning Framework with 30 pre-designed themes. Extensive documentation.
1.2 Prime Technology

PrimeFaces is maintained by Prime Technology, a Turkish software development company specialized in Agile and Java EE consulting. Project is led by aatay ivici (aka Optimus Prime), a JSF Expert Group Member.
2. Setup
2.1 Download
PrimeFaces has a single jar called primefaces-{version}.jar. There are two ways to download this jar, you can either download from PrimeFaces homepage or if you are a maven user you can define it as a dependency. Download Manually Three different artifacts are available for each PrimeFaces version, binary, sources and bundle. Bundle contains binary, sources and javadocs.
http://www.primefaces.org/downloads.html
Download with Maven Group id of the dependency is org.primefaces and artifact id is primefaces.
<dependency> <groupId>org.primefaces</groupId> <artifactId>primefaces</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> </dependency>
In addition to the configuration above you also need to add Prime Technology maven repository to the repository list so that maven can download it.
<repository> <id>prime-repo</id> <name>Prime Technology Maven Repository</name> <url>http://repository.prime.com.tr</url> <layout>default</layout> </repository>
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2.2 Dependencies
PrimeFaces only requires a JAVA 5+ runtime and a JSF 2.0 implementation as mandatory dependencies. Therere some optional libraries for certain features.
Dependency JSF runtime itext 2.0+ 2.1.7 Version * Required Optional Type Description Apache MyFaces or Oracle Mojarra PDF export support for DataExporter component Excel export support for DataExporter component FileUpload FileUpload Ajax Push Ajax Push
apache poi
3.2-FINAL
Optional
commons-fileupload commons-io atmosphere-runtime atmosphere-compat
1.2.1 1.4 0.5.1 0.5.1
Optional Optional Optional Optional
* Listed versions are tested and known to be working with PrimeFaces, other versions of these dependencies may also work but not tested.
2.3 Configuration
PrimeFaces does not require any mandatory configuration.
2.4 Hello World

Once you have added the downloaded jar to your classpath, you need to add the PrimeFaces namespace to your page to begin using the components. Here is a simple page;
<html xmlns="http://www.w3c.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:p="http://primefaces.prime.com.tr/ui"> <h:head> </h:head> <h:body> <p:spinner /> </h:body> </html>
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3. Component Suite
3.1 AccordionPanel
AccordionPanel is a container component that displays content in stacked format.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class accordionPanel org.primefaces.component.accordionpanel.Accordionpanel org.primefaces.component.AccordionPanel org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.AccordionPanelRenderer org.primefaces.component.accordionpanel.AccordionPanelRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding Default null TRUE null Type String boolean Object Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component. An EL expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean.
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Name activeIndex style styleClass disabled effect autoHeight collapsible fillSpace event widgetVar tabChangeListener onTabChangeUpdate onTabChange dynamic cache
Default 0 null null FALSE slide TRUE FALSE FALSE click null null null null FALSE FALSE
Type Integer String String Boolean String Boolean Boolean Boolean String String MethodExpr String String Boolean Boolean
Description Index of the active tab. Inline style of the container element. Style class of the container element. Disables or enables the accordion panel. Effect to use when toggling the tabs. When enabled, tab with highest content is used to calculate the height. Defines if accordion panel can be collapsed all together. When enabled, accordion panel fills the height of its parent container. Client side event to toggle the tabs. Name of the widget to access client side api. Server side listener to invoke when active tab changes Component(s) to update with ajax after dynamic tab change. Client side callback to invoke when active tab changes. Defines the toggle mode. Defines if activating a dynamic tab should load the contents from server again.
Getting Started with Accordion Panel Accordion panel consists of one or more tabs and each tab can group any other jsf components.
<p:accordionPanel> <p:tab title="First Tab Title"> <h:outputText value= "Lorem"/> ...More content for first tab </p:tab> <p:tab title="Second Tab Title"> <h:outputText value="Ipsum" /> </p:tab> //any number of tabs </p:accordionPanel>
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Toggle Event By default toggling happens when a tab header is clicked, you can also specify a custom event. For example below, toggling happens when mouse is over the tab headers.
<p:accordionPanel effect="hover"> //..tabs </p:accordionPanel>
Dynamic Content Loading AccordionPanel supports lazy loading of tab content, when dynamic option is set true, only active tab contents will be rendered to the client side and clicking an inactive tab header will do an ajax request to load the tab contents. This feature is useful to reduce bandwidth and speed up page loading time. By default activating a previously loaded dynamic tab does not initiate a request to load the contents again as tab is cached. To control this behavior use cache option.
<p:accordionPanel dynamic="true"> //..tabs </p:accordionPanel>
onTabChange You can use client/server side callbacks to get notified when active tab changes. On client side use onTabChange option.
<p:accordionPanel onTabChange="handleChange(event, ui)"> //..tabs </p:accordionPanel> <script type="text/javascript"> function handleChange(event, ui) { //Execute custom logic } </script>
ui object will be passed to your callback containing information about the tab change event. ui.newHeader = jQuery object representing the header of new tab ui.oldHeader = jQuery object representing the header of previous tab ui.newContent = jQuery object representing the content of new tab ui.oldContent = jQuery object representing the content of previous tab
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TabChangeListener onTabChange is used on the client side, in case you need to execute logic on server side, use tabChangeListener option.
<p:accordionPanel tabChangeListener="#{bean.onChange}"> //..tabs </p:accordionPanel>
public void onChange(TabChangeEvent event) { //Tab activeTab = event.getTab(); //... }
Your listener will be invoked with an org.primefaces.event.TabChangeEvent instance that contains a reference to the new active tab and the accordion panel itself. If youd like to update some parts of your page after your tabChangeListener is invoked, use onTabChangeUpdate option. Following example, adds a FacesMessage at listener and displays it using a growl component.
<p:growl id="messages /> <p:accordionPanel tabChangeListener="#{bean.onChange}" onTabChangeUpdate="messages"> //..tabs </p:accordionPanel>
public void onChange(TabChangeEvent event) { FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Tab Changed", "Active Tab:" + event.getTab().getId()); FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg); }
Note
For both dynamic loading and tabChangeListener features to work, at least one form needs to present on page, location of the form does not matter.
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Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.AccordionPanel

Method select(index) collapseAll() Params index: Index of tab to display Return Type void void Description Activates tab with given index Collapses all tabs.
Skinning AccordionPanel resides in a main container element which style and styleClass options apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Class .ui-accordion .ui-accordion-header .ui-accordion-content .ui-accordion-content-active Main container element Tab header Tab content Content of active tab. Applies
As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information. Here is an example based on a different theme;
Tips autoHeight option provides more consistent animations when enabled. Use c:forEach to create tabs on the fly, ui:repeat will not work as p:tab has no Renderer.
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3.2 AjaxBehavior
AjaxBehavior is applied on components that support client behaviors similar to standard f:ajax behavior. Info
Tag Behavior Id Behavior Class ajax org.primefaces.component.AjaxBehavior org.primefaces.component.behavior.ajax.AjaxBehavior
Attributes
Name listener immediate Default null FALSE Type MethodExpr boolean Description Method to process in partial request. Boolean value that determines the phaseId, when true actions are processed at apply_request_values, when false at invoke_application phase. When set to true, ajax requests are not queued. Component(s) to process in partial request. Component(s) to update with ajax. Javascript handler to execute before ajax request is begins. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request is completed. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request succeeds. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request fails. Global ajax requests are listened by ajaxStatus component, setting global to false will not trigger ajaxStatus. Disables ajax behavior. Client side event to trigger ajax request.
async process update onstart oncomplete onsuccess onerror global disabled event
FALSE null null null null null null TRUE FALSE null
Boolean String String String String String String Boolean Boolean String
Getting Started with AjaxBehavior AjaxBehavior is nested inside the target component;
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<h:inputText value="#{bean.text}"> <p:ajax update="out" /> </h:inputText> <h:outputText id="out" value="#{bean.text}" />
In this example, each time the input changes, an ajax request is sent to the server. When the response is received uiajax partially updates the output text with id "out". Listener In case you need to execute a method on a backing bean, define a listener;
<h:inputText id="counter"> <p:ajax update="out" listener="#{counterBean.increment}"/> </h:inputText> <h:outputText id="out" value="#{counterBean.count}" />
public class CounterBean { } private int count; public int getCount() { return count; } public void setCount(int count) { this.count = count; } public void increment() { count++; }
Events Default client side events are defined by components that support client behaviors, for input components it is onchange and for command components it is onclick. In order to override the dom event to trigger the ajax request use event option. In following example, ajax request is triggered when key is up on input field.
<h:inputText id="firstname" value="#{bean.text}"> <p:ajax update="out" event="keyup"/> </h:inputText> <h:outputText id="out" value="#{bean.text}" />
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Partial Processing Partial processing is used with process option which defaults to @this, meaning the ajaxified component, following example processes all form and validation will fail as there is required field.
<h:form> <h:inputText required="true" /> <h:inputText id="firstname" value="#{bean.text}"> <p:ajax update="out" event="keyup"/> </h:inputText> <h:outputText id="out" value="#{bean.text}" />
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3.3 AjaxStatus
AjaxStatus is a global notifier for ajax requests made by PrimeFaces components.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class ajaxStatus org.primefaces.component.ajaxstatus.AjaxStatus org.primefaces.component.AjaxStatus org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.AjaxStatusRenderer org.primefaces.component.ajaxstatus.AjaxStatusRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding onstart oncomplete onprestart onsuccess onerror style styleClass widgetVar Default null TRUE null null null null null null null null null String Boolean Object String String String String String String String String Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Client side callback to execute after ajax requests start. Client side callback to execute after ajax requests complete. Client side callback to execute before ajax requests start. Client side callback to execute after ajax requests completed succesfully. Client side callback to execute when an ajax request fails. Inline style of the container element Style class of the container element Name of the widget to access client side api.
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Getting Started with AjaxStatus AjaxStatus uses facets to represent the request status. Most common used facets are start and complete. Start facet will be visible once ajax request begins and stay visible until its completed. Once the ajax response is received start facet becomes hidden and complete facet shows up.
<p:ajaxStatus> <f:facet name="start"> <p:graphicImage value="ajaxloading.gif" /> </f:facet> <f:facet name="complete"> <h:outputText value="Done!" /> </f:facet> </p:ajaxStatus>
Events Here is the full list of available event names; default: Initially visible when page is loaded prestart: Before ajax request is sent start: After ajax request begins success: When ajax response is received without error error: When ajax response is received with error complete: When everything finishes.
<p:ajaxStatus> <f:facet name="prestart"> <h:outputText value="Starting..." /> </f:facet> <f:facet name="error"> <h:outputText value="Error" /> </f:facet> <f:facet name="success"> <h:outputText value="Success" /> </f:facet> <f:facet name="default"> <h:outputText value="Idle" /> </f:facet> <f:facet name="start"> <h:outputText value="Please Wait" /> </f:facet>
<f:facet name="complete"> <h:outputText value="Done" /> </f:facet> </p:ajaxStatus>
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Custom Events Facets are the declarative way to use if you dont like javascript but if you like javascript, you can take advantage of on* callbacks which are the event handler counterparts of the facets.
<p:ajaxStatus onstart="alert(Start)" oncomplete="alert(End)"/>
A comman usage of programmatic approach is to implement a custom status dialog;

<p:ajaxStatus onstart="status.show()" oncomplete="status.hide()"/> <p:dialog widgetVar="status" modal="true" closable="false"> Please Wait </p:dialog>
Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.AjaxStatus

Method bindFacet(eventName, facetId) Params eventName: Name of status event, facetId: Element id of facet container eventName: Name of status event, fn: function to bind Return Type void Description Binds a facet to an event
bindCallback(eventName, fn)
void
Binds a function to an event
Skinning AjaxStatus is equipped with style and styleClass. Styling directly applies to an html div element which contains the facets.
<p:ajaxStatus style="width:32px;height:32px" ... />
Tips Avoid updating ajaxStatus itself to prevent duplicate facet/callback bindings. Provide a fixed width/height to the ajaxStatus to prevent page layout from changing. Components like commandButton has an attribute (global) to control triggering of AjaxStatus. There is an ajax loading gif bundled with PrimeFaces which you can use;
<h:graphicImage library="primefaces" name="jquery/ui/ui-anim_basic_16x16.gif" />
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3.4 AutoComplete
AutoComplete provides live suggestions while an input is being typed.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class autoComplete org.primefaces.component.autocomplete.AutoComplete org.primefaces.component.AutoComplete org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.AutoCompleteRenderer org.primefaces.component.autocomplete.AutoCompleteRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding value converter Default null TRUE null null null Type String Boolean Object Object Converter/ String Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text. An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id.
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Name immediate
Default FALSE
Type Boolean
Description When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required. A method expression that refers to a method validationg the input. A method expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent. Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fails. Name of the widget to access client side api. Name of the iterator used in pojo based suggestion. Label of the item. Value of the item. Method providing suggestions. Maximum number of results to be displayed. Number of characters to be typed before starting to query. Delay to wait in milliseconds before sending each query to the server. When enabled, autoComplete only accepts input from the selection list. Server side listener to invoke when an item is selected. Component(s) to update with ajax after a suggested item is selected. Client side callback to execute before ajax request to load suggestions begins. Client side callback to execute after ajax request to load suggestions completes. Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the input element. Alternate textual description of the input field. Controls browser autocomplete behavior.
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required validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage widgetVar var itemLabel itemValue completeMethod maxResults minQueryLength queryDelay forceSelection selectListener onSelectUpdate onstart oncomplete accesskey alt autocomplete
FALSE null null null null null null null null null null 10 1 300 FALSE null null null null null null null
Boolean MethodExpr MethodExpr String String String String String String String MethodExpr Integer Integer Integer Boolean MethodExpr String String String String String String
Name dir disabled label lang maxlength onblur onchange
Default null FALSE null null null null null
Type String Boolean String String Integer String String
Description Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables input field A localized user presentable name. Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component. Maximum number of characters that may be entered in this field. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when input element is clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element is double clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over input element Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when text within input element is selected by user. Flag indicating that this component will prevent changes by the user.
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onclick ondblclick onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup onselect readonly
null null null null null null null null null null null null FALSE
String String String String String String String String String String String String Boolean
Name size style styleClass tabindex title
Default null null null null null
Type Integer String String Integer String
Description Number of characters used to determine the width of the input element. Inline style of the input element. Style class of the input element. Position of the input element in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton.
Getting Started with AutoComplete Suggestions are loaded by calling a server side completeMethod that takes a single string parameter which is the text entered. Since autoComplete is an input component, it requires a value as well.
<p:autoComplete value="#{bean.text}" completeMethod="#{bean.complete}" />
public class Bean { } private String text; public List<String> complete(String query) { List<String> results = new ArrayList<String>(); for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) results.add(query + i); return results; } //getter setter
Pojo Support Most of the time, instead of simple strings you would need work with your domain objects, autoComplete supports this common use case with the use of a converter and data iterator. Following example loads a list of players, itemLabel is the label displayed as a suggestion and itemValue is the submitted value. Note that when working with pojos, you need to plug-in your own converter.
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<p:autoComplete value="#{playerBean.selectedPlayer}" completeMethod="#{playerBean.completePlayer}" var="player" itemLabel="#{player.name}" itemValue="#{player}" converter="playerConverter"/>
import org.primefaces.examples.domain.Player; public class PlayerBean { } private Player selectedPlayer; public } public } Player getSelectedPlayer() { return selectedPlayer; void setSelectedPlayer(Player selectedPlayer) { this.selectedPlayer = selectedPlayer;
public List<Player> complete(String query) { List<Player> players = readPlayersFromDatasource(query); return players; }
public class Player { } private String name; //getter setter
Limiting the results Number of results shown can be limited, by default the limit is 10.
<p:autoComplete value="#{bean.text}" completeMethod="#{bean.complete}" maxResults="5" />
Minimum query length By default queries are sent to the server and completeMethod is called as soon as users starts typing at the input text. This behavior is tuned using the minQueryLength attribute.
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<p:autoComplete value="#{bean.text}" completeMethod="#{bean.complete}" minQueryLength="3" />
With this setting, suggestions will start when user types the 3rd character at the input field. Query Delay AutoComplete is optimized using queryDelay option, by default autoComplete waits for 300 milliseconds to query a suggestion request, if youd like to tune the load balance, give a longer value. Following autoComplete waits for 1 second after user types an input.
<p:autoComplete value="#{bean.text}" completeMethod="#{bean.complete}" queryDelay="1000" />
Instant Ajax Selection Instead of waiting for user to submit the form manually to process the selected item, you can enable instant ajax selection by using a selectListener that takes an org.primefaces.event.SelectEvent instance as a parameter containing information about selected item. Optionally other component(s) on page can be updated after selection using onSelectUpdate option. Example below demonstrates how to display a facesmessage about the selected item instantly.
<p:messages id="messages" /> <p:autoComplete value="#{bean.text}" completeMethod="#{bean.complete}" onSelectUpdate="messages" selectListener="#{bean.handleSelect}" />
public class Bean { } public void handleSelect(SelectEvent event) { Object item = event.getObject(); FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Selected", "Item:" + item); } //getter, setter and completeMethod
Client Side Callbacks onstart and oncomplete are used to execute custom javascript before and after an ajax request to load suggestions.
<p:autoComplete value="#{bean.text}" completeMethod="#{bean.complete}" onstart="handleStart(request)" oncomplete="handleComplete(response)" />
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onstart callback gets a request parameter and oncomplete gets a response parameter, these parameters contain useful information. For example request.term is the query string and response.results is the suggestion list in json format. Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.AutoComplete
Method search(value) close() disable() enable() deactivate() activate() Params value: keyword for search Return Type void void void void void void Description Initiates a search with given value Close suggested items menu Disables the input field Enables the input field Deactivates search behavior Activates search behavior
Skinning Following is the list of structural style classes;

Class .ui-autocomplete .ui-autocomplete-input .ui-autocomplete .ui-menu-item Suggestion menu Input field Each item in suggestion menu Applies
Tips Do not forget to use a converter when working with pojos. Enable forceSelection if youd like to accept values only from suggested list. Increase query delay to avoid unnecessary load to server as a result of user typing fast. AutoComplete supports client behaviors like f:ajax and p:ajax.
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3.5 BreadCrumb
Breadcrumb is a navigation component that provides contextual information about page hierarchy in the workflow.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class breadCrumb org.primefaces.component.breadcrumb.BreadCrumb org.primefaces.component.BreadCrumb org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.BreadCrumbRenderer org.primefaces.component.breadcrumb.BreadCrumbRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding Default null TRUE null Type String Boolean Object Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Number of expanded menutitems at the end. Number of expanded menuitems at begining. Expanded effect duration in milliseconds. Collapse effect duration in milliseconds. Initial collapse effect duration in milliseconds. Preview width of a collapsed menuitem. Specifies preview mode, when set to false menuitems will not collapse. Style of main container element.
expandedEndItems expandedBeginningItems expandEffectDuration collapseEffectDuration initialCollapseEffectDuration previewWidth preview style
1 1 800 500 600 5 FALSE null
Integer Integer Integer Integer Integer Integer Boolean String

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Name styleClass model
Default null null
Type String MenuModel
Description Style class of main container MenuModel instance to create menus programmatically
Getting Started with BreadCrumb Steps are defined as child menuitem components in breadcrumb.
<p:breadCrumb> <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem </p:breadCrumb>
label="Categories" url="#" /> label="Sports" url="#" /> label="Football" url="#" /> label="Countries" url="#" /> label="Spain" url="#" /> label="F.C. Barcelona" url="#" /> label="Squad" url="#" /> label="Lionel Messi" url="#" />
Preview By default all menuitems are expanded, if you have limited space and many menuitems, breadcrumb can collapse/expand menuitems on mouseover. previewWidth attribute defines the reveal amount in pixels.
<p:breadCrumb preview="true"> <p:menuitem label="Categories" url="#" /> <p:menuitem label="Sports" url="#" /> <p:menuitem label="Football" url="#" /> <p:menuitem label="Countries" url="#" /> <p:menuitem label="Spain" url="#" /> <p:menuitem label="F.C. Barcelona" url="#" /> <p:menuitem label="Squad" url="#" /> <p:menuitem label="Lionel Messi" url="#" /> </p:breadCrumb>
Dynamic Menus Menus can be created programmatically as well, see the dynamic menus part in menu component section for more information and an example.
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Animation Configuration Duration of effects can be customizated using several attributes. Heres an example;
<p:breadCrumb preview="true" expandEffectDuration="1000" collapseEffectDuration="1000" initialCollapseEffectDuration="1000">
Durations are defined in milliseconds. Skinning Breadcrumb resides in a main container element which style and styleClass options apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-breadcrumb .ui-breadcrumb ul .ui-breadcrumb ul li a .ui-breadcrumb ul li a .ui-breadcrumb ul li.first a .ui-breadcrumb-chevron Applies Main breadcrumb container element. Container list of each menuitem. Each menuitem container. Link element of each menuitem. First element of breadcrumb. Seperator of menuitems.
Tips If there is a dynamic flow, use model option instead of creating declarative p:menuitem components and bind your MenuModel representing the state of the flow. Breadcrumb can do ajax/non-ajax action requests as well since p:menuitem has this option. In this case, breadcrumb must be nested in a form. url option is the key for a menuitem, if it is defined, it will work as a simple link. If youd like to use menuitem to execute command with or without ajax, do not define the url option.
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3.6 Button
Button is an extension to the standard h:button component with skinning capabilities.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class button org.primefaces.component.button.Button org.primefaces.component.Button org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ButtonRenderer org.primefaces.component.button.ButtonRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding value widgetVar outcome includeViewParams fragment accesskey alt dir disabled Default null TRUE null null null null FALSE null null null null FALSE Type String Boolean Object Object String String Boolean String String String String Boolean
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Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text. Name of the widget to access client side api. Used to resolve a navigation case. Whether to include page parameters in target URI Identifier of the target page which should be scrolled to. Access key that when pressed transfers focus to button. Alternate textual description. Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables button.
Name lang onblur onchange
Default null null null
Type String String String
Description Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component. Client side callback to execute when button loses focus. Client side callback to execute when button loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when button is clicked. Client side callback to execute when button is double clicked. Client side callback to execute when button receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over button. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over button. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over button. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over button. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within button Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from button. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto button. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over button. Inline style of the button. Style class of the button. Makes button read only. Position in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton.
onclick ondblclick onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup style styleClass readOnly tabindex title
null null null null null null null null null null null null null FALSE null null
String String String String String String String String String String String String String Boolean Integer String
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Getting Started with Button p:button usage is same as standard h:button, an outcome is necessary to navigate using GET requests. Assume you are at source.xhtml and need to navigate target.xhtml.
<p:button outcome="target" value="Navigate"/>
Parameters Parameters in URI are defined with nested <f:param /> tags.
<p:button outcome="target" value="Navigate"> <f:param name="id" value="10" /> </p:button>
Icons Icons for button are defined via css and image attribute, if you use title instead of value, only icon will be displayed and title text will be displayed as tooltip on mouseover.
<p:button outcome="target" image="star" value="With Icon"/> <p:button outcome="target" image="star" title="With Icon"/>
.star { background-image: url("images/star.png"); }
Skinning Button renders a button tag which style and styleClass applies. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-button .ui-button-text-only .ui-button-text Button element Button element when icon is not used Label of button Applies
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3.7 Calendar
Calendar is an input component used to provide a date. Other than basic features calendar supports paging, localization, ajax selection and more.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class calendar org.primefaces.component.calendar.Calendar org.primefaces.component.Calendar org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.CalendarRenderer org.primefaces.component.calendar.CalendarRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding Default null TRUE null String Boolean Object Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id
value converter
null null
java.util.Date Converter/String
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Name immediate
Default FALSE
Type Boolean
Description When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required A method expression that refers to a method validationg the input A method expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fails. Sets calendar's minimum visible date Sets calendar's maximum visible date Enables multiple page rendering. Disables the calendar when set to true. Defines how the calendar will be displayed. DateFormat pattern for localization Locale to be used for labels and conversion. Icon of the popup button When enabled, popup icon is rendered without the button. Enables month/year navigator String or a java.util.TimeZone instance to specify the timezone used for date conversion, defaults to TimeZone.getDefault() Makes input text of a popup calendar readonly. Component(s) to update with ajax when a date is selected. Component(s) to process with ajax when a date is selected.
required validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage mindate maxdate pages disabled mode pattern locale popupIcon popupIconOnly navigator timeZone
FALSE null null null null null null null int FALSE popup MM/dd/ yyyy null null FALSE FALSE null
Boolean MethodExpr MethodExpr String String String Date or String Date or String 1 Boolean String String java.util.Locale or String String Boolean Boolean java.util.TimeZone
readOnlyInputText onSelectUpdate onSelectProcess
FALSE null @this
Boolean String String
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Name
Default null
Type MethodExpr String String String String Boolean String String String Boolean Boolean Boolean String String String String String String
Description Server side listener to be invoked with ajax when a date is selected. Style of the main container element. Style class of the main container element. Style of the input element. Style class of the input element. Visibility of button panel containing today and done buttons. Effect to use when displaying and showing the popup calendar. Duration of the effect. Client side event that displays the popup calendar. Displays the week number next to each week. Displays days belonging to other months. Enables selection of days belonging to other months. Name of the widget to access client side api. Year range for the navigator, default "c-10:c+10" Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the input element. Alternate textual description of the input field. Controls browser autocomplete behavior. Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. A localized user presentable name. Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component. Maximum number of characters that may be entered in this field. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus.
style styleClass inputStyle inputStyleClass showButtonPanel effect effectDuration showOn showWeek showOtherMonths selectOtherMonths widgetVar yearRange accesskey alt autocomplete dir
null null null null FALSE null normal both FALSE FALSE FALSE null null null null null null
label lang maxlength onblur
null null null null
String String Integer String
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Name onchange
Default null String
Type
Description Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when input element is clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element is double clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over input element Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when text within input element is selected by user. Flag indicating that this component will prevent changes by the user. Number of characters used to determine the width of the input element. Position of the input element in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton.
onclick ondblclick onfocus onkeydown onkeypress
null null null null null
String String String String String
onkeyup onmousedown
null null
String String
onmousemove
null
String
onmouseout
null
String
onmouseover
null
String
onmouseup
null
String
onselect readonly size tabindex title
null FALSE null null null
String Boolean Integer Integer String
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Getting Started with Calendar Value of the calendar should be a java.util.Date.

<p:calendar value="#{dateBean.date}"/>
public class DateBean { } private Date date; //Getter and Setter
Display Modes Calendar has two main display modes, popup (default) and inline. Inline
<p:calendar value="#{dateBean.date}" mode="inline" />
Popup
<p:calendar value="#{dateBean.date}" mode="popup" />
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showOn option defines the client side event to display the calendar. Valid values are; focus: When input field receives focus button: When popup button is clicked both: Both focus and button cases Popup Button
<p:calendar value="#{dateBean.date}" mode="popup" showOn="button" />
Popup Icon Only

<p:calendar value="#{dateBean.date}" mode="popup" showOn="button" popupIconOnly="true" />
Paging Calendar can also be rendered in multiple pages where each page corresponds to one month. This feature is tuned with the pages attribute.
<p:calendar value="#{dateController.date}" pages="3"/>
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I18N By default locale information is retrieved from the views locale and can be overridden by the locale attribute. Locale attribute can take a locale key as a String or a java.util.Locale instance. Following is a Turkish Calendar.
<p:calendar value="#{dateController.date}" locale="tr" navigator="true" showButtonPanel="true"/>
52 languages are supported out of the box;

Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Armenian Azerbaijani Basque Bosnian Bulgarian Catalan Chinese Hong Kong Chinese Simplied Chinese Traditional Croatian Czech Danish Dutch English UK English US Esperanto Estonian Faroese Farsi/Persian Finnish French French/Swiss German Greek Hebrew Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Malaysian Norwegian Polish Portuguese/Brazilian Romanian Russian Serbian Serbian (sprski jezik) Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swedish Tamil Thai Turkish Ukranian Vietnamese
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L11N Locale option is used for localizing the labels, not for localizing the date pattern. Default pattern is "MM/dd/yyyy" and pattern attribute is used to provide a custom date pattern.
<p:calendar value="#{dateController.date1}" pattern="dd.MM.yyyy"/> <p:calendar value="#{dateController.date2}" pattern="yy, M, d"/> <p:calendar value="#{dateController.date3}" pattern="EEE, dd MMM, yyyy"/>
Effects Various effects can be used when showing and hiding the popup calendar, options are; show slideDown fadeIn blind bounce clip drop fold slide
Ajax Selection Calendar supports instant ajax selection which means whenever a date is selected a server side selectListener can be invoked with an org.primefaces.event.DateSelectEvent instance as a parameter. Optional onSelectUpdate option allows updating other component(s) on page.
<p:calendar value="#{calendarBean.date}" onSelectUpdate="messages" selectListener="#{calendarBean.handleDateSelect}" /> <p:messages id="messages" />
public void handleDateSelect(DateSelectEvent event) { Date date = event.getDate(); //Add facesmessage }
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Date Ranges Using mindate and maxdate options, selectable dates can be restricted. Values for these attributes can either be a string or a java.util.Date.
<p:calendar value="#{dateBean.date}" mode="inline" mindate="07/10/2010" maxdate="07/15/2010"/>
Navigator Navigator is an easy way to jump between months/years quickly.

<p:calendar value="#{dateBean.date}" mode="inline" navigator="true" />
Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.Calendar

Method getDate() setDate(date) disable() enable() Params date: Date to display Return Type Date void void void Description Return selected date Sets display date Disables calendar Enables calendar
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Skinning Calendar resides in a container element which style and styleClass options apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-datepicker .ui-datepicker-header .ui-datepicker-prev .ui-datepicker-next .ui-datepicker-title .ui-datepicker-month .ui-datepicker-table .ui-datepicker-week-end .ui-datepicker-other-month .ui-datepicker td .ui-datepicker-buttonpane .ui-datepicker-current .ui-datepicker-close Main container Header container Previous month navigator Next month navigator Title Month display Date table Label of weekends Dates belonging to other months Each cell date Button panel Today button Close button Applies
Tips Navigator year range can be modified using yearRange option, defaults to c-10:c+10 Calendar supports client behaviors like f:ajax and p:ajax.
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3.8 Captcha
Captcha is a form validation component based on Recaptcha API.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class captcha org.primefaces.component.captcha.Captcha org.primefaces.component.Captcha org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.CaptchaRenderer org.primefaces.component.captcha.CaptchaRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text. An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id. When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required.
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binding value converter
null null null
Object Object Converter/ String
immediate
FALSE
Boolean
required
FALSE
Boolean
Name validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage publicKey theme language tabindex label secure
Default null null null null null null red en null null FALSE
Type MethodExpr ValueChange Listener String String String String String String Integer String Boolean
Description A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input. A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent. Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Public recaptcha key for a specific domain (deprecated) Theme of the captcha. Key of the supported languages. Position of the input element in the tabbing order. A localized user presentable name. Enables https support
Getting Started with Captcha Catpcha is implemented as an input component with a built-in validator that is integrated with reCaptcha. First thing to do is to sign up to reCaptcha to get public&private keys. Once you have the keys for your domain, add them to web.xml as follows;
<context-param> <param-name>primefaces.PRIVATE_CAPTCHA_KEY</param-name> <param-value>YOUR_PRIVATE_KEY</param-value> </context-param> <context-param> <param-name>primefaces.PUBLIC_CAPTCHA_KEY</param-name> <param-value>YOUR_PUBLIC_KEY</param-value> </context-param>
That is it, now you can use captcha as follows;

<p:captcha />
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Themes Captcha features following built-in themes for look and feel customization. red (default) white blackglass clean
Themes are applied via the theme attribute.

<p:captcha theme="white"/>
Languages Text instructions displayed on captcha is customized with the language attribute. Below is a captcha with Turkish text.
<p:captcha language="tr"/>
Overriding Validation Messages By default captcha displays its own validation messages, this can be easily overridden by the JSF message bundle mechanism. Corresponding keys are;
Summary Detail primefaces.captcha.INVALID primefaces.captcha.INVALID_detail
Tips Use label option to provide readable error messages in case validation fails. Enable secure option to support https otherwise browsers will give warnings. See http://www.google.com/recaptcha/learnmore to learn more about how reCaptcha works.
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3.9 Carousel
Carousel is a multi purpose component to display a set of data or general content with slide effects.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class carousel org.primefaces.component.carousel.Carousel org.primefaces.component.Carousel org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.CarouselRenderer org.primefaces.component.carousel.CarouselRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean A value expression that refers to a collection Name of the request scoped iterator Number of visible items per page Index of the first element to be displayed Number of items to pass in each scroll Sets continuous scrolling Sets vertical scrolling
binding value var rows first scrollIncrement circular vertical
null null null 3 0 1 FALSE FALSE
Object Object String Integer Integer Integer Boolean Boolean
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Name autoPlayInterval revealAmount animate speed effect pagerPrefix style styleClass itemStyle itemStyleClass widgetVar
Default 0 0 TRUE 0.5 null null null null null null null
Type Integer Integer Boolean Double String String String String String String String
Description Sets the time in milliseconds to have Carousel start scrolling automatically after being initialized The percentage of the previous and next item of the current item to be revealed When enabled scrolling is animated, animation is turned on by default Sets the speed of the scrolling animation Name of the animation effect Prefix text of the pager dropdown. Inline style of the main container. Style class of the main container. Inline style of each item container. Style class of each item container. Name of the widget to access client side api
Getting Started with Carousel Calendar has two main use-cases; data and general content display. To begin with data iteration lets use a list of cars to display with carousel.
public class Car { } private private private private ... String model; int year; String manufacturer; String color;
public class CarBean { } private List<Car> cars; public } CarListController() { cars = new ArrayList<Car>(); cars.add(new Car("myModel", 2005, "ManufacturerX", "blue")); //add more cars
//getter setter
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<p:carousel value="#{carBean.cars}" var="car"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/cars/#{car.manufacturer}.jpg"/> <h:outputText value="Model: #{car.model}" /> <h:outputText value="Year: #{car.year}" /> <h:outputText value="Color: #{car.color}" /> </p:carousel>
Carousel iterates through the cars collection and renders its children for each car. Limiting Visible Items Bu default carousel lists its items in pages with size 3. This is customizable with the rows attribute.
<p:carousel value="#{carBean.cars}" var="car" rows="1"> ... </p:carousel>
Reveal Amount Reveal amount is the percentage of the next and previous item to be shown, it can be tuned by the reveralAmount attribute. Example above reverals %20 of the next and previous items.
<p:carousel value="#{carBean.cars}" var="car" revealAmount="20"> ... </p:carousel>
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Effects Paging happens with a slider effect by default and following easing options are supported. backBoth backIn backOut bounceBoth bounceIn bounceOut easeBoth easeBothStrong easeIn easeInStrong easeNone easeOut easeOutStrong elasticBoth elasticIn elasticOut
Note: Effect names are case sensitive and incorrect usage may result in javascript errors
SlideShow Carousel can display the contents in a slideshow, for this purpose autoPlayInterval and circular attributes are used. Following carousel displays a collection of images as a slideshow.
<p:carousel itemStyleClass="carItem" autoPlayInterval="2000" rows="1" effect="easeInStrong" circular="true"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature1.jpg"/> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature2.jpg"/> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature3.jpg"/> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature4.jpg"/> </p:carousel>
Content Display Another use case of carousel is tab based content display.
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<p:carousel rows="1" itemStyle="height:200px;width:600px;"> <p:tab title="Godfather Part I"> <h:panelGrid columns="2" cellpadding="10"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/godfather/godfather1.jpg" /> <h:outputText value="The story begins as Don Vito ..." /> </h:panelGrid> </p:tab> <p:tab title="Godfather Part II"> <h:panelGrid columns="2" cellpadding="10"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/godfather/godfather2.jpg" /> <h:outputText value="Francis Ford Coppola's ..."/> </h:panelGrid> </p:tab> <p:tab title="Godfather Part III"> <h:panelGrid columns="2" cellpadding="10"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/godfather/godfather3.jpg" /> <h:outputText value="After a break of ..." /> </h:panelGrid> </p:tab> </p:carousel>
Item Selection When selecting an item from a carousel with a command component, p:column is necessary to process selection properly. Following example displays selected car contents within a dialog;
<h:form prependId="false"> <p:carousel value="#{carBean.cars}" var="car"> <p:column> <p:graphicImage value="/images/cars/#{car.manufacturer}.jpg"/> <p:commandLink update="detail" oncomplete="dlg.show()"> <h:outputText value="Model: #{car.model}" /> <f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{car}" target="#{carBean.selected}" /> </p:commandLink> </p:column> </p:carousel> <p:dialog widgetVar="dlg"> <h:outputText id="detail" value="#{carBean.selected}" /> </p:dialog> </h:form>
public class CarBean { } private List<Car> cars; private Car selected; //getters and setters
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Skinning Carousel resides in a container element which style and styleClass options apply. itemStyle and itemStyleClass attributes apply to each item displayed by carousel. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-carousel .ui-carousel-nav .ui-carousel-content .ui-carousel-nav-first-page .ui-carousel-nav-page-selected .ui-carousel-button .ui-carousel-first-button .ui-carousel-next-button .ui-carousel-element .ui-carousel-element li Main container Header container Content container First page of paginator Current page of paginator Navigation buttons First navigation button of paginator Next navigation button of paginator Item container list Each item Applies
Tips To avoid cross browser issues, provide dimensions of each item with itemStyle or itemStyleClass attributes. When selecting an item with a command component like commandLink, place carousel contents in a p:column to process selecting properly.
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3.10 CellEditor
CellEditor is a helper component of datatable used for incell editing. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class cellEditor org.primefaces.component.celleditor.CellEditor org.primefaces.component.CellEditor org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.CellEditorRenderer org.primefaces.component.celleditor.CellEditorRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean
binding
null
Object
Getting Started with CellEditor See inline editing section in datatable documentation for more information about usage.
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3.11 Charts
Charts are flash based JSF components to display graphical data. Therere various chart types like pie, column, line and more. Charts can also display real-time data and fire server side events as a response to user interaction.
3.11.1 Pie Chart

Pie chart displays category-data pairs in a pie graphic. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class pieChart org.primefaces.component.chart.pie.PieChart org.primefaces.component.chart.PieChart org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.chart.PieChartRenderer org.primefaces.component.chart.pie.PieChartRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Datasource to be displayed on the chart Name of the data iterator Pie category field Pie data field When a chart is live, the data is refreshed based on the refreshInterval period. Refresh period of a live chart data in milliseconds Component(s) to be updated after item selection. Client side callback to execute when ajax request for item select event is completed.
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binding value var categoryField dataField live refreshInterval update oncomplete
null null null null null FALSE 3000 null null
Object Collection String Object Object Boolean Integer String String
Name itemSelectListener styleClass style seriesStyle width height dataTipFunction wmode model widgetVar
Default null null null null 500px 350px null null null null
Type MethodExpr String String String String String String String ChartModel String
Description Method expression to listen chart series item select events Style to apply to chart container element Javascript variable name representing the style Javascript variable name representing the series styles Width of the chart. Height of the chart. Name of the javascript function to customize datatips. wmode property of the flash object ChartModel instance to create chart from. Name of the client side widget
Getting started with PieChart There are two ways to create a PieChart, declarative way is to provide a java.util.Collection with your domain objects as the value and programmatic way is to create a ChartModel. Declarative (Deprecated) In declarative way, charts needs a datasource like a java.util.List to display the data, in addition to the datasource categoryField is used to identify the pie section and dataField is used to hold the value of the corresponding categoryField. As an example, suppose there are 4 brands and each brand has made x amount of sales last year. Lets begin with creating the sale class to represent this model.
public class Sale { } private String brand; private int amount; public Sale(String brand, int amount) { this.brand = brand; this.amount = amount; } //getters and setters
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In SaleDisplay bean, a java.util.List holds sale data of the 4 brands.

public class ChartBean { } private List<Sale> sales; public } SaleDisplayBean() { sales = new ArrayList<Sale>(); sales.add(new Sale("Brand 1", 540)); sales.add(new Sale("Brand 2", 325)); sales.add(new Sale("Brand 3", 702)); sales.add(new Sale("Brand 4", 421));
public List<Sale> getSales() { return sales; }
Thats all the information needed for the pieChart to start working. Sales list can be visualized as follows;
<p:pieChart value="#{chartBean.sales}" var="sale" categoryField="#{sale.brand}" dataField="#{sale.amount}"
/>
ChartModel (Suggested) Pie chart can also be created programmatically with an org.primefaces.model.chart.PieChartModel instance. Same sales chart can be implemented as follows;
public class SaleDisplayBean { } private PieChartModel model; public } SaleDisplayBean() { model = new PieChartModel(); model.set("Brand 1", 540); model.set("Brand 2", 325); model.set("Brand 3", 702); model.set("Brand 4", 421);
public PieChartModel getModel() { return model; }
<p:pieChart model="#{chartBean.model}"
/>
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Whether it is created declaratively or via a ChartModel, output would be;
PieChart Style As chart is a flash component, it cannot be styled with CSS, instead use style attribute to define a javascript variable, following example demonstrates how to add legend to the pie chart.
<p:pieChart model="#{chartBean.model}" style="piechartStyle" />
<script type="text/javascript"> var piechartStyle = { padding:20, legend: { display:"right" ,spacing:10 } }; </script>
For more information about chart skinning, see main Charts Skinning section.
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3.11.2 Line Chart

Line chart visualizes one or more series of data in a line graph. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class lineChart org.primefaces.component.chart.line.LineChart org.primefaces.component.chart.LineChart org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.chart.LineChartRenderer org.primefaces.component.chart.line.LineChartRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Datasource to be displayed on the chart Name of the data iterator Field for x-axis When a chart is live, the data is refreshed based on the refreshInterval period. Refresh period of a live chart data in milliseconds Component(s) to be updated after item selection. Client side callback to execute when ajax request for item select event is completed. Method expression to listen chart series item select events Style to apply to chart container element Javascript variable name representing the styles Minimum boundary value for y-axis.
binding value var xField live refreshInterval update oncomplete itemSelectListener styleClass style minY
null null null null FALSE 3000 null null null null null null
Object Collection String Object Boolean Integer String String MethodExpr String String Double
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Name maxY width height dataTipFunction labelFunctionX labelFunctionY titleX titleY wmode model widgetVar
Default null 500px 350px null null null null null null null null
Type Double String String String String String String String String ChartModel String
Description Maximum boundary value for y-axis. Width of the chart. Height of the chart. Name of the javascript function to customize datatips. Name of the javascript function to format x-axis labels. Name of the javascript function to format y-axis labels. Title of the x-axis Title of the y-axis wmode property of the flash object ChartModel instance to create chart from. Name of the client side widget
Getting started with LineChart LineChart can be created in two ways, one way is declaratively with representing each series using p:chartSeries component and other way is programmatic approch using a ChartModel. Declarative (Deprecated) In declarative way, chart needs a collection of data as the value, the xField for the x-axis and one or more series data each corresponding to a line on the graph. As an example, lets display and compare the number of boys and girls year by year who were born last year at some place on earth. To model this, we need the Birth class.
public class Birth { } private int year, boys, girls; public Birth(int year, int boys, int girls) { this.year = year; this.boys = boys; this.girls = girls; } //getters and setters for fields
Next thing to do is to prepare the data year by year in ChartBean.

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public class ChartBean { private List<Birth> births; } public } ChartBean() { births = new ArrayList<Birth>(); births.add(new Birth(2004, 120, 52)); births.add(new Birth(2005, 100, 60)); births.add(new Birth(2006, 44, 110)); births.add(new Birth(2007, 150, 135)); births.add(new Birth(2008, 125, 120));
public List<Birth> getBirths() { return births; }
A linechart can visualize this births collection as;

<p:lineChart value="#{chartBean.births}" var="birth" xfield="#{birth.year}"> <p:chartSeries label="Boys" value="#{birth.boys}" /> <p:chartSeries label="Girls" value="#{birth.girls}" /> </p:lineChart>
ChartModel (Suggested) Programmatic way is to create an instance of org.primefaces.model.chart.CartesianChartModel and bind it as the value of the linechart.
public class ChartBean { private CartesianChartModel model; } public } ChartBean() { model = new CartesianChartModel(); ChartSeries boys = new ChartSeries(); boys.setLabel("Boys"); boys.set("2004", boys.set("2005", boys.set("2006", boys.set("2007", boys.set("2008", 120); 100); 44); 150); 25);
public CartesianChartModel getModel() { return model; }
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} } ChartSeries girls = new ChartSeries(); boys.setLabel("Girls"); girls.set("2004", girls.set("2005", girls.set("2006", girls.set("2007", girls.set("2008", 52); 60); 110); 135); 120);
public CartesianChartModel getModel() { return model; }
Whether lineChart is created declaratively or programmatically, output would be same;
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3.11.3 Column Chart

Column chart visualizes one or more series of data using vertical bars. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class columnChart org.primefaces.component.chart.column.ColumnChart org.primefaces.component.chart.ColumnChart org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.chart.ColumnChartRenderer org.primefaces.component.chart.column.ColumnChartRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Datasource to be displayed on the chart Name of the data iterator Data of the x-axis When a chart is live, the data is refreshed based on the refreshInterval period. Refresh period of a live chart data in milliseconds Component(s) to be updated after item selection. Client side callback to execute when ajax request for item select event is completed. Method expression to listen chart series item select events Style to apply to chart container element Javascript variable name representing the styles Minimum boundary value for y-axis.
binding value var xField live refreshInterval update oncomplete itemSelectListener styleClass style minY
Object Collection String Object boolean Integer String String MethodExpr String String Double
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Name maxY width height dataTipFunction labelFunctionX labelFunctionY titleX titleY wmode model widgetVar
Type double String String String String String String String String ChartModel String
Description Maximum boundary value for y-axis. Width of the chart. Height of the chart. Name of the javascript function to customize datatips. Name of the javascript function to format x-axis labels. Name of the javascript function to format y-axis labels. Title of the x-axis Title of the y-axis wmode property of the flash object ChartModel instance to create chart from. Name of the client side widget
Getting Started with Column Chart As column chart is a Cartesian chart, usage is same as linechart, as an example chart below displays the births collection example given in line chart section.
<p:columnChart value="#{chartBean.births}" var="birth" xfield="#{birth.year}"> <p:chartSeries label="Boys" value="#{birth.boys}" /> <p:chartSeries label="Girls" value="#{birth.girls}" /> </p:lineChart>
Column chart can be created with a chart model as well.

<p:columnChart model="#{chartBean.model}" />
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3.11.4 Stacked Column Chart

Stacked Column chart is similar to column chart but series are displayed as stacked. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class stackedColumnChart org.primefaces.component.chart.stackedcolumn.StackedColumnChart org.primefaces.component.chart.StackedColumnChart org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.chart.StackedColumnChartRenderer org.primefaces.component.chart.stackedcolumn.StackedColumnChartRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default Assigned by JSF TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Datasource to be displayed on the chart Name of the data iterator Data of the x-axis When a chart is live, the data is refreshed based on the refreshInterval period. Refresh period of a live chart data in milliseconds Component(s) to be updated after item selection. Client side callback to execute when ajax request for item select event is completed. Method expression to listen chart series item select events Style to apply to chart container element Javascript variable name representing the styles
binding value var xField live refreshInterval update oncomplete itemSelectListener styleClass style
null null null null FALSE 3000 null null null null null
Object Collection String Object Boolean Integer String String MethodExpr String String
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Name minY maxY width height dataTipFunction labelFunctionX labelFunctionY wmode model widgetVar
Default null null 500px 350px null null null null null null
Type Double Double String String String String String String ChartModel String
Description Minimum boundary value for y-axis. Maximum boundary value for y-axis. Width of the chart. Height of the chart. Name of the javascript function to customize datatips. Name of the javascript function to format x-axis labels. Name of the javascript function to format y-axis labels. wmode property of the flash object ChartModel instance to create chart from. Name of the client side widget
Getting started with Stacked Column Chart As column chart is a Cartesian chart, usage is same as linechart, as an example chart below displays the births collection example given in line chart section.
<p:stackedColumnChart value="#{chartBean.births}" var="birth" xfield="#{birth.month}"> <p:chartSeries label="Boys" value="#{birth.boys}" /> <p:chartSeries label="Girls" value="#{birth.girls}" /> </p:stackedColumnChart>
Stacked column chart can be created with a chart model as well.

<p:stackedColumnChart model="#{chartBean.model}" />
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3.11.5 Bar Chart

Bar Chart is similar to the column chart but bars are displayed horizontally. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class barChart org.primefaces.component.chart.bar.BarChart org.primefaces.component.chart.BarChart org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.chart.BarChartRenderer org.primefaces.component.chart.bar.BarChartRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Datasource to be displayed on the chart Name of the data iterator Data of the y-axis When a chart is live, the data is refreshed based on the refreshInterval period. Refresh period of a live chart data in milliseconds Component(s) to be updated after item selection. Client side callback to execute when ajax request for item select event is completed. Method expression to listen chart series item select events Style to apply to chart container element Javascript variable name representing the styles Minimum boundary value for x-axis.
binding value var yField live refreshInterval update oncomplete itemSelectListener styleClass style minX
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Name maxX width height dataTipFunction labelFunctionX labelFunctionY titleX titleY wmode model widgetVar
Type Double String String String String String String String String ChartModel String
Description Maximum boundary value for x-axis. Width of the chart. Height of the chart. Name of the javascript function to customize datatips. Name of the javascript function to format x-axis labels. Name of the javascript function to format y-axis labels. Title of the x-axis Title of the y-axis wmode property of the flash object ChartModel instance to create chart from. Name of the client side widget
Getting Started with Bar Chart As column chart is a Cartesian chart, usage is similar to linechart, important difference is that yfield is used instead of xfield. As an example chart below displays the births collection example given in line chart section.
<p:barChart value="#{chartBean.births}" var="birth" yfield="#{birth.month}"> <p:chartSeries label="Boys" value="#{birth.boys}" /> <p:chartSeries label="Girls" value="#{birth.girls}" /> </p:barChart>
Column chart can be created with a cartesian chart model as well.

<p:barChart model="#{chartBean.model}" />
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3.11.6 StackedBar Chart

Stacked Bar chart is similar to bar chart but the series are displayed as stacked. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class stackedBarChart org.primefaces.component.chart.stackedbar.StackedBarChart org.primefaces.component.chart.StackedBarChart org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.chart.StackedBarChartRenderer org.primefaces.component.chart.stackedbar.StackedBarChartRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Datasource to be displayed on the chart Name of the data iterator Data of the y-axis When a chart is live, the data is refreshed based on the refreshInterval period. Refresh period of a live chart data in milliseconds Component(s) to be updated after item selection. Client side callback to execute when ajax request for item select event is completed. Method expression to listen chart series item select events Style to apply to chart container element Javascript variable name representing the styles Minimum boundary value for x-axis.
binding value var yField live refreshInterval update oncomplete itemSelectListener styleClass style minX
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Name maxX width height dataTipFunction labelFunctionX labelFunctionY wmode model widgetVar
Default null 500px 350px null null null null null null
Type Double String String String String String String ChartModel String
Description Maximum boundary value for x-axis. Width of the chart. Height of the chart. Name of the javascript function to customize datatips. Name of the javascript function to format x-axis labels. Name of the javascript function to format y-axis labels. wmode property of the flash object ChartModel instance to create chart from. Name of the client side widget
Getting Started with StackedBar Chart StackedBar chart usage is very same as bar chart.
<p:stackedBarChart value="#{chartBean.births}" var="birth" yfield="#{birth.month}"> <p:chartSeries label="Boys" value="#{birth.boys}" /> <p:chartSeries label="Girls" value="#{birth.girls}" /> </p:stackedBarChart>
Column chart can be created with a cartesian chart model as well.

<p:stackedBarChart model="#{chartBean.model}" />
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3.11.7 Chart Series

ChartSeries is used to define a series in a chart declaratively. Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family chartSeries org.primefaces.component.chart.series.ChartSeriesTag org.primefaces.component.chart.series.ChartSeries org.primefaces.component.ChartSeries org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value to be displayed on the series Output converter to be used if any. Label of the series Javascript variable name representing the styles
binding value converter label style
Object Object Converter String String
Getting started with ChartSeries ChartSeries is nested inside a chart component, you can have as many series as you want on a chart by nesting multiple series. See the other chart component documentations to see the usage of chartSeries.
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3.11.8 Skinning Charts

Charts are highly customizable in terms of skinning however they are flash based so regular CSS styling is not possible. Charts are styled through Javascript and the object is passed to the charts style attribute. There are two attributes in chart components related to skinning. styleClass : Each chart resides in an html div element, style class applies to this container element. Style class is mainly useful for setting the width and height of the chart.
<style type="text/css"> .chartClass { width:700px; height:400px; } </style>
style : Style should be a javascript object variable name, as a simple example to start with; Style below effects chart padding, border and legend. See the full list of style selectors link for the complete list of selectors.
var chartStyle = { padding : 20, border: {color: 0x96acb4, size: 8}, legend: { display: "right" } };
Skinning Series ChartSeries can be styled individually using the style attribute. Styling is same as charts and done via javascript.
var boysStyle = { color: 0x3399FF, size: 35 };
<p:chartSeries value="#{birth.boys}" label="Boys" style="boysStyle" />
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Extreme Makeover To give a complete styling example, well skin the chart described in colum chart section. In the end after the extreme makeover chart will look like;
<style type="text/css"> .chartClass { width:700px; height:400px; } </style> <script type="text/javascript"> var chartStyle = { border: {color: 0x96acb4, size: 12}, background: { image : "../design/bg.jpg" }, font: {name: "Arial Black", size: 14, color: dataTip: { border: {color: 0x2e434d, size: 2}, font: {name: "Arial Black", size: 13, }, xAxis: { color: 0x2e434d }, yAxis: { color: 0x2e434d, majorTicks: {color: 0x2e434d, length: minorTicks: {color: 0x2e434d, length: majorGridLines: {size: 0}
0x586b71},
color: 0x586b71}
4}, 2},
};
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var boysSeriesStyle = { image: "../design/column.png", mode: "no-repeat", color: 0x3399FF, size: 35 }; var girlsSeriesStyle = { image: "../design/column.png", mode: "no-repeat", color: 0xFF66CC, size: 35 };
<p:columnChart value="#{chartBean.births}" var="birth"xfield="#{birth.year}" styleClass="column" style="chartStyle"> <p:chartSeries label="Boys" value="#{birth.boys}" style="boysSeriesStyle"/> <p:chartSeries label="Girls" value="#{birth.girls}" style="girlsSeriesStyle"/> </p:columnChart>
Full list of skinning properties are available at http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/charts/#basicstyles
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3.11.9 Real-Time Charts

Charts have built-in support live data display using ajax polling. As an example suppose theres an ongoing vote between two candidates. Lets start with creating the Vote class representing the voting model.
public class Vote { } private String candidate; private int count; public Vote() { //NoOp } public Vote(String candidate, int count) { this.candidate = candidate; this.count = count; } public void add(int count) { this.count = this.count + count; } //getters and setters
Next step is to provide the data;

public class ChartBean implements Serializable { } private List<Vote> votes; public } ChartBean() { votes = new ArrayList<Vote>(); votes.add(new Vote("Candidate 1", 100)); votes.add(new Vote("Candidate 2", 100));
public List<Vote> getVotes() { int random1 = (int)(Math.random() * 1000); int random2 = (int)(Math.random() * 1000); } votes.get(0).add(random1); votes.get(1).add(random2); return votes;
For displaying the voting, well be using a pie chart as follows;

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<p:pieChart id="votes" value="#{chartBean.votes}" var="vote" live="true" refreshInterval="5000" categoryField="#{vote.candidate}" dataField="#{vote.count}" />
This live piechart is almost same as a static pie chart, except live attribute is set to true. When a chart is live, the collection bind to the value is read periodically in a specified interval. In this example, getVotes() would be called continuosly in 5 seconds interval. Polling interval is tuned using the refreshInterval attribute which is set to 3000 milliseconds.
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3.11.10 Interactive Charts

Charts are interactive components, they can respond to events like series item selection. When a series item is clicked an ajax request can be sent to the server notifying an itemSelectListener by passing an itemSelectEvent. ItemSelectEvent contains useful information about the selected item like series index and item index. Chart components also use PrimeFaces Partial Page Rendering mechanism so using the update attribute, its possible to refresh other components on the page. In the example below, message outputText is refreshed with the message provided in itemSelectListener.
<p:pieChart id="votes" value="#{chartBean.votes}" var="vote" itemSelectListener="#{chartBean.itemSelect}" update="msgs" categoryField="#{vote.candidate}" dataField="#{vote.count}" />
<p:messages id="msgs" value="#{chartBean.message}" />
public class ChartBean implements Serializable { //Data creation omitted public } void itemSelect(ItemSelectEvent event) { FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage(); msg.setSummart("Item Index: " + event.getItemIndex()); msg.setDetail("Series Index:" + event.getSeriesIndex()); FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
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3.11.11 Charting Tips

Flash Version Chart components require flash player version 9.0.45 or higher. Express Install In case the users of your application use an older unsupported version of flash player, chart components will automatically prompt to install or update users flash players. The screen would look like this for these users.
Non Flash If you like to use static image charts instead of flash based charts, see the JFreeChart integration example at graphicImage section. Static images charts are not rich as flash charts but guaranteed to work at environments with no flash installed. Declarative vs Programmatic Charts can be created in two ways, declarative way is deprecated and new programmatic way via a ChartModel is the suggested one. Live and Interactive Charts Live or an Interactive Chart must be nested inside a form.
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3.12 Collector
Collector is a simple utility component to manage collections declaratively. Info
Tag Tag Class ActionListener Class collector org.primefaces.component.collector.CollectorTag org.primefaces.component.collector.Collector
Attributes
Name value addTo removeFrom Default null null null Object java.util.Collection java.util.Collection Type Description Value to be used in collection operation Reference to the Collection instance Reference to the Collection instance
Getting started with Collector Collector requires a collection and a value to work with. Its important to overrive equals and hashCode methods of the value object to make collector work.
public class CreateBookBean { } private Book book = new Book(); private List<Book> books; public CreateBookBean() { books = new ArrayList<Book>(); } public String createNew() { book = new Book(); //reset form return null; } //getters and setters
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value attribute is required and sets the object to be added or removed to/from a collection.
<p:commandButton value="Add" action="#{createBookBean.createNew}"> <p:collector value="#{createBookBean.book}" addTo="#{createBookBean.books}" /> </p:commandButton>
<p:commandLink value="Remove"> <p value="#{book}" removeFrom="#{createBookBean.books}" /> </p:commandLink>
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3.13 Color Picker

ColorPicker is an input component with a color palette.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class colorPicker org.primefaces.component.colorpicker.ColorPicker org.primefaces.component.ColorPicker org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ColorPickerRenderer org.primefaces.component.colorpicker.ColorPickerRenderer
Attributes
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binding
null
Object
Name value converter
Default null null Object
Type
Description Value of the component. An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required. A method expression that refers to a method for validation the input. A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent. Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Name of the client side widget. Header text for the color picker title. Sets visibility of whole set of controls. Sets visibility of hex controls. Sets visibility of hex summary. Sets visibility of hsv controls. Sets visibility of rgb controls. Sets visibility of web safe controls.
Converter/String
immediate
FALSE
Boolean
required validator valueChangeListener
FALSE null null
Boolean MethodExpr ValueChangeListener
requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage widgetVar header showControls showHexControls showHexSummary showHsvControls showRGBControls showWebSafe
null null null null Choose a color TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE TRUE TRUE
String String String String String String String String String String String
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Getting started with ColorPicker ColorPicker requires a java.awt.Color reference.

import java.awt.Color; public class ColorPickerController { } private Color selectedColor; //getter and setter
<p:colorPicker value="#{colorBean.color}"/>
Converter In case you dont prefer to use java.awt.Color, you can plug your custom converter. Following example uses a converter to define colors in RGB string format such as 250, 214, 255.
<p:colorPicker value="#{colorBean.color}"> <f:converter converterId="colorPickerConverer" /> </p:colorPicker>
public class ColorPickerConverter implements Converter { } public Object getAsObject(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent component, String submittedValue) { return submittedValue; //just return the rgb value as string } public String getAsString(FacesContext facesContext, UIComponent component, Object value) { //value is a comma separated string in "R,G,B" format. return value == null ? null : value.toString(); }
public class ColorBean { } private String selectedColor; //getter and setter
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Client Side API Color Picker is based on a YUI widget, see link below to access client side API documentation.
http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/docs/module_colorpicker.html
Skinning As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information. Here is an example based on a different theme;
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3.14 Column
Column is an extended version of the standard column used by various PrimeFaces components like datatable, treetable and more. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family column org.primefaces.component.column.Column org.primefaces.component.Column org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Inline style of the column. Style class of the column. Property to be used for sorting. Custom pluggable sortFunction. Property to be used for filtering. Dom event to trigger a filter request Inline style of the filter element Style class of the filter element A collection of selectitems for filter dropdown. Match mode for filtering. Defines the number of rows the column spans. Defines the number of columns the column spans. Shortcut for header facet. Shortcut for footer facet.
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binding style styleClass sortBy sortFunction filterBy filterEvent filterStyle filterStyleClass filterOptions filterMatchMode rowspan colspan headerText footerText
null null null null null null keyup null null null startsWith 1 1 null null
Object String String ValueExpr String/MethodExpr ValueExpr String String String Object String Integer Integer String String
Name selectionMode
Default null String
Type
Description Enables selection mode.
Note
Not all attributes of column are utilized by the components that use column.
Getting Started with Column As column is a reused component, see documentation of components that use a column.
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3.15 Columns
Columns is used by datatable to create columns programmatically. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family columns org.primefaces.component.column.Columns org.primefaces.component.Columns org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Data to represent columns. Request scoped iterator to access a column. Request scoped iterator to access a column index.
binding value var columnIndexVar
null null null null
Object Object String String
Getting Started with Columns See dynamic columns section in datatable documentation for detailed information.
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3.16 ColumnGroup
ColumnGroup is used by datatable for grouping. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family columnGroup org.primefaces.component.columngroup.ColumnGroup org.primefaces.component. ColumnGroup org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Type of group, valid values are header and footer.
binding type
null null
Object String
Getting Started with ColumnGroup See grouping section in datatable documentation for detailed information.
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3.17 CommandButton
CommandButton is an extended version of standard JSF commandButton with ajax and skinning features.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class commandButton org.primefaces.component.commandbutton.CommandButton org.primefaces.component.CommandButton org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.CommandButtonRenderer org.primefaces.component.commandbutton.CommandButtonRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Label for the button A method expression or a String outcome thatd be processed when button is clicked. An actionlistener thatd be processed when button is clicked. Boolean value that determines the phaseId, when true actions are processed at apply_request_values, when false at invoke_application phase. Sets the behavior of the button. When set to true, ajax requests are not queued. Component(s) to process partially instead of whole view.
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binding value action actionListener immediate
null null null null FALSE
Object String MethodExpr/String MethodExpr Boolean
type async process
submit FALSE null
String Boolean String
Name ajax update onstart oncomplete onsuccess onerror global style styleClass onblur onchange
Default TRUE null null null null null TRUE null null null null
Type Boolean String String String String String Boolean String String String String
Description Specifies the submit mode, when set to true (default), submit would be made with Ajax. Component(s) to be updated with ajax. Client side callback to execute before ajax request is begins. Client side callback to execute when ajax request is completed. Client side callback to execute when ajax request succeeds. Client side callback to execute when ajax request fails. Defines whether to trigger ajaxStatus or not. Inline style of the button element. StyleClass of the button element. Client side callback to execute when button loses focus. Client side callback to execute when button loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when button is clicked. Client side callback to execute when button is double clicked. Client side callback to execute when button receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over button. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over button. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over button. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over button. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within button. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from button. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto button.
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onclick ondblclick onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover
null null null null null null null null null null
String String String String String String String String String String
Name onmouseup onselect accesskey alt dir disabled image label lang tabindex title readonly widgetVar
Default null null null null null FALSE null null null null null FALSE null String String String String String
Type
Description Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over button. Client side callback to execute when text within button is selected by user. Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the button. Alternate textual description of the button. Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables the button. Style class representing the button icon. A localized user presentable name. Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component. Position of the button element in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton. Flag indicating that this component will prevent changes by the user. Name of the client side widget.
Boolean String String String Integer String Boolean String
Getting started with CommandButton CommandButton usage is similar to standard h:commandButton, by default commandButton submits its enclosing form with ajax.
<p:commandButton value="Save" actionListener="#{bookBean.saveBook}" />
public class BookBean { public void saveBook() { //Save book }
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Reset Buttons Reset buttons do not submit the form, just resets the form contents.
<p:commandButton type="reset" value="Reset" />
Push Buttons Push buttons are used to execute custom javascript without causing an ajax/non-ajax request. To create a push button set type as "button".
<p:commandButton type="button" value="Alert" onclick="alert(Prime)" />
AJAX and Non-AJAX CommandButton has built-in ajax capabilities, ajax submit is enabled by default and configured using ajax attribute. When ajax attribute is set to false, form is submitted with a regular full page refresh. The update attribute is used to partially update other component(s) after the ajax response is received. Update attribute takes a comma or white-space sepaseparatedrated list of JSF component ids to be updated. Basically any JSF component, not just primefaces components should be updated with the Ajax response. In the following example, form is submitted with ajax and display outputText is updated with the ajax response.
<h:form> <h:inputText value="#{bean.text}" /> <p:commandButton value="Submit" update="display"/> <h:outputText value="#{bean.text}" id="display" /> </h:form>
Tip: You can use the ajaxStatus component to notify users about the ajax request.
Icons An icon on a button is provided using CSS and image attribute.

<p:commandButton value="With Icon" image="disk"/> <p:commandButton image="disk"/>
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.disk is a simple css class with a background property;

.disk { background-image: url(disk.png) !important; }
Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.CommandButton

Method disable() enable() Params Return Type void void Description Disables button Enables button
Skinning CommandButton renders a button tag which style and styleClass applies. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-button .ui-button-text-only .ui-button-text Button element Button element when icon is not used Label of button Applies
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3.18 CommandLink
CommandLink extends standard JSF commandLink with Ajax capabilities. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class commandLink org.primefaces.component.commandlink.CommandLink org.primefaces.component.CommandLink org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.CommandLinkRenderer org.primefaces.component. commandlink.CommandLinkRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Href value of the rendered anchor. A method expression or a String outcome thatd be processed when link is clicked. An actionlistener thatd be processed when link is clicked. Boolean value that determines the phaseId, when true actions are processed at apply_request_values, when false at invoke_application phase. When set to true, ajax requests are not queued. Component(s) to process partially instead of whole view. Specifies the submit mode, when set to true (default), submit would be made with Ajax. Component(s) to be updated with ajax. Client side callback to execute before ajax request is begins.
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binding value action actionListener immediate
null null null null FALSE
Object String MethodExpr/String MethodExpr Boolean
async process ajax update onstart
FALSE null TRUE null null
Boolean String Boolean String String
Name oncomplete onsuccess onerror global style styleClass onblur onclick ondblclick onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup accesskey charset coords
Default null null null TRUE null null null null null null null null null null null null null null null null null String String String
Type
Description Client side callback to execute when ajax request is completed. Client side callback to execute when ajax request succeeds. Client side callback to execute when ajax request fails. Defines whether to trigger ajaxStatus or not. Style to be applied on the anchor element StyleClass to be applied on the anchor element Client side callback to execute when link loses focus. Client side callback to execute when link is clicked. Client side callback to execute when link is double clicked. Client side callback to execute when link receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over link. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over link. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over link. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over link. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within link. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from link. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto link. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over link. Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the link. Character encoding of the resource designated by this hyperlink. Position and shape of the hot spot on the screen for client use in image maps.
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Boolean String String String String String String String String String String String String String String String String String
Name dir disabled hreflang rel
Default null null null null String
Type
Description Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables the link Languae code of the resource designated by the link. Relationship from the current document to the anchor specified by the link, values are provided by a space-separated list of link types. A reverse link from the anchor specified by this link to the current document, values are provided by a space-separated list of link types. Shape of hot spot on the screen, valid values are default, rect, circle and poly. Position of the button element in the tabbing order. Name of a frame where the resource targeted by this link will be displayed. Advisory tooltip informaton. Type of resource referenced by the link.
rev
null
String
shape tabindex target title type
String Integer String String String
Getting Started with CommandLink CommandLink is used just like the standard h:commandLink, difference is form is submmitted with ajax by default.
public class BookBean { public void saveBook() { //Save book }
<p:commandLink actionListener="#{bookBean.saveBook}" update="text"> <h:outputText value="Save" /> </p:commandLink>
Skinning CommandLink renders an html anchor element that style and styleClass attributes apply.
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3.19 ConfirmDialog
ConfirmDialog is a replacement to the legacy javascript confirmation box. Skinning, customization and avoiding popup blockers are notabled advantages over classic javascript confirmation.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class confirmDialog org.primefaces.component.confirmdialog.ConfirmDialog org.primefaces.component.ConfirmDialog org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ConfirmDialogRenderer org.primefaces.component.confirmdialog.ConfirmDialogRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the client side widget. Text to be displayed in body. Text for the header. Message severity for the dislayed icon. Controls draggability
binding widgetVar message header severity draggable
null null null null null TRUE
Object String String String String Boolean
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Name modal
Default FALSE
Type Boolean
Description Boolean value that specifies whether the document should be shielded with a partially transparent mask to require the user to close the Panel before being able to activate any elements in the document. Width of the dialog in pixels Width of the dialog in pixels zindex property to control overlapping with other elements. Style class of the dialog container Effect to use when showing the dialog Effect to use when hiding the dialog Defines where the dialog should be displayed Defines if dialog should be closed when escape key is pressed. Defines if close icon should be displayed or not Appends dialog as a child of document body.
width height zindex styleClass showEffect hideEffect position closeOnEscape closable appendToBody
300 auto 1000 null null null null TRUE TRUE FALSE
Integer Integer Integer String String String String Boolean Boolean Boolean
Getting started with ConfirmDialog ConfirmDialog has a simple client side api, show() and hide() functions are used to display and close the dialog respectively. You can call these functions to display a confirmation from any component like commandButton, commandLink, menuitem and more.
<h:form> <p:commandButton type="button" onclick="cd.show()" /> <p:confirmDialog message="Are you sure about destroying the world?" header="Initiating destroy process" severity="alert" widgetVar="cd"> <p:commandButton value="Yes Sure" actionListener="#{buttonBean.destroyWorld}" update="messages" oncomplete="confirmation.hide()"/> <p:commandButton value="Not Yet" onclick="confirmation.hide();" type="button" /> </p:confirmDialog> </h:form>
Message Message can be defined in two ways, either via message option or message facet. Message facet is useful if you need to place custom content instead of simple text.
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<p:confirmDialog widgetVar="cd"> <f:facet name="message"> <h:outputText value="Are you sure?" /> </f:facet> //... </p:confirmDialog>
Effects There are various effect options to be used when displaying and closing the dialog. Use showEffect and hideEffect options to apply these effects; blind bounce clip drop explode fade fold highlight puff pulsate scale shake size slide transfer
<p:confirmDialog showEffect="fade" hideEffect="explode" ...> //... </p:confirmDialog>
Severity Severity defines the icon to display next to the message, default severity is alert and the other option is info. Position By default dialog is positioned at center of the viewport and position option is used to change the location of the dialog. Possible values are; Single string value like center, left, right, top, bottom representing the position within viewport. Comma separated x and y coordinate values like 200, 500 Comma separated position values like top,right. (Use single quotes when using a combination)
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Some examples are described below;

<p:confirmDialog position="top" ...>
<p:confirmDialog position="right,top" ...>
<p:confirmDialog position="200,500" ...>
Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.ConfirmDialog

Method show() hide() Params Return Type void void Description Displays dialog. Closes dialog.
Skinning ConfirmDialog resides in a main container element which the styleClass option apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-dialog .ui-dialog-titlebar .ui-dialog-title-dialog .ui-dialog-titlebar-close .ui-dialog-content .ui-dialog-buttonpane Applies Container element of dialog Title bar Header text Close icon Dialog body Footer button panel
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3.20 ContextMenu
ContextMenu provides an overlay menu displayed on mouse right-click event.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class contextMenu org.primefaces.component.contextmenu.ContextMenu org.primefaces.component.ContextMenu org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ContextMenuRenderer org.primefaces.component.contextmenu.ContextMenuRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding widgetVar for style styleClass zindex effect effectDuration model Default null TRUE null null null null null null fade 400 null Type String Boolean Object String String String String Integer String Integer MenuModel Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the client side widget. Id of the component to attach to Style of the main container element Style class of the main container element zindex property to control overlapping with other elements. Sets the effect for the menu display. Sets the effect duration in milliseconds. Menu model instance to create menu programmatically.
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Getting started with ContextMenu Just like any other PrimeFaces menu component, contextMenu is created with menuitems. Optional for attribute defines which component the contextMenu is attached to. When for is not defined, contextMenu is attached to the page meaning, right-click on anywhere on page will display the menu.
<p:contextMenu> <p:menuitem value="Save" actionListener="#{bean.save}" update="msg"/> <p:menuitem value="Delete" actionListener="#{bean.delete}" ajax="false"/> <p:menuitem value="Go Home" url="www.primefaces.org" target="_blank"/> </p:contextMenu
ContextMenu example above is attached to the whole page and consists of three different menuitems with different use cases. First menuitem triggers an ajax action, second one triggers a non-ajax action and third one is used for navigation. Attachment ContextMenu can be attached to any JSF component, this means right clicking only on the attached component will display the contextMenu. Following example demonstrates an integration between contextMenu and imageSwitcher, contextMenu here is used to navigate between images.
<p:imageSwitch id="images" widgetVar="gallery" slideshowAuto="false"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature1.jpg" /> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature2.jpg" /> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature3.jpg" /> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature4.jpg" /> </p:imageSwitch> <p:contextMenu for="images"> <p:menuitem value="Previous" url="#" onclick="gallery.previous()" /> <p:menuitem value="Next" url="#" onclick="gallery.next()" /> </p:contextMenu>
Now right-clicking anywhere on an image will display the contextMenu like;
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Data Components Data components like datatable, datagrid and tree needs special treatment, special integration with contextMenu and these components will be available in PrimeFaces 3.0. Effects ContextMenu has a built-in animation to use when displaying&hiding itself. This animation is customizable using attributes like effect and effectDuration. Available animations are fade or slide, effectDuration is defined in milliseconds defaulting to 400. Dynamic Menus ContextMenus can be created programmatically as well, see the dynamic menus part in menu component section for more information and an example. Skinning ContextMenu resides in a main container which style and styleClass attributes apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .wijmo-wijmenu .wijmo-wijmenu-list .wijmo-wijmenu-item .wijmo-wijmenu-link .wijmo-wijmenu-text Container element of menu List container Each menu item Anchor element in a link item Text element in an item Applies
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3.21 Dashboard
Dashboard provides a portal like layout with drag&drop based reorder capabilities.
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Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class dashboard org.primefaces.component.dashboard.Dashboard org.primefaces.component.Dashboard org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.DashboardRenderer org.primefaces.component.dashboard.DashboardRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the client side widget Dashboard model instance representing the layout of the UI. Disables reordering Component(s) to update after ajax reorder event is processed. A server side listener to invoke when widgets are reordered Inline style of the dashboard container Style class of the dashboard container
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binding widgetVar model disabled onReorderUpdate reorderListener style styleClass
null null null FALSE null null null null
Object String String Boolean String MethodExpre ssion String String
Getting started with Dashboard Dashboard is backed by a DashboardModel and consists of panel components.
<p:dashboard model="#{dashboardBean.model}"> <p:panel id="sports"> //Sports Content </p:panel> <p:panel id="finance"> //Finance Content </p:panel> //more panels like lifestyle, weather, politics... </p:dashboard>
Dashboard model simply defines the number of columns and the widgets to be placed in each column. See the end of this section for the detailed Dashboard API.
public class DashboardBean { private DashboardModel model; } public } DashboardBean() { model = new DefaultDashboardModel(); DashboardColumn column1 = new DefaultDashboardColumn(); DashboardColumn column2 = new DefaultDashboardColumn(); DashboardColumn column3 = new DefaultDashboardColumn(); column1.addWidget("sports"); column1.addWidget("finance"); column2.addWidget("lifestyle"); column2.addWidget("weather"); column3.addWidget("politics"); model.addColumn(column1); model.addColumn(column2); model.addColumn(column3);
State Dashboard is a stateful component, whenever a widget is reordered dashboard model will be updated, by persisting this information, you can easily create a stateful dashboard so if your application allows users to change the layout, next time a user logs in you can present the dashboard layout based on the user preferences.
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Reorder Listener As most of other PrimeFaces components, dashboard provides flexible callbacks for page authors to invoke custom logic. Ajax reorderListener is one of them, optionally you can update a certain part of your page with onReorderUpdate option.
<p:dashboard model="#{dashboardBean.model}" reorderListener="#{dashboardBean.handleReorder}" onReorderUpdate="messages"> //panels </p:dashboard> <p:growl id="messages" />
This dashboard displays a facesmessage added at reorderlistener using growl.

public class DashboardBean { } ... public } void handleReorder(DashboardReorderEvent event) { String widgetId = event.getWidgetId(); int widgetIndex = event.getItemIndex(); int columnIndex = event.getColumnIndex(); int senderColumnIndex = event.getSenderColumnIndex(); //Add facesmessage
If a widget is reordered in the same column, senderColumnIndex will be null. This field is populated only when widget is moved to a column from another column. Also when reorderListener is invoked, dashboard has already updated its model, reorderListener is useful for custom logic like persisting the model.
Note: At least one form needs to be present on page to use ajax reorderListener.
Disabling Dashboard If youd like to disable reordering, set disabled option to true.
<p:dashboard disabled="true" ...> //panels </p:dashboard>
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Toggle, Close and Options Menu Widgets presented in dashboard can be closable, toggleable and have options menu as well, dashboard doesnt implement these by itself as these features are already provided by the panel component. See panel component section for more information.
<p:dashboard model="#{dashboardBean.model}"> <p:panel id="sports" closable="true" toggleable="true"> //Sports Content </p:panel> </p:dashboard>
New Widgets Draggable component is used to add new widgets to the dashboard. This way you can add new panels from outside of the dashboard.
<p:dashboard model="#{dashboardBean.model}" id="board"> //panels </p:dashboard> <p:panel id="newwidget" /> <p:draggable for="newwidget" helper="clone" dashboard="board" />
Skinning Dashboard resides in a container element which style and styleClass options apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-dashboard .ui-dashboard-column div.ui-state-hover Applies Container element of dashboard Each column in dashboard Placeholder
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Tips Provide a column width using ui-dashboard-column style class otherwise empty columns might not receive new widgets. Dashboard Model API org.primefaces.model.DashboardModel (org.primefaces.model.map.DefaultDashboardModel is the default implementation)
Method void addColumn(DashboardColumn column) List<DashboardColumn> getColumns() int getColumnCount() DashboardColumn getColumn(int index) void transferWidget(DashboardColumn from, DashboardColumn to, String widgetId, int index) Description Adds a column to the dashboard Returns all columns in dashboard Returns the number of columns in dashboard Returns the dashboard column at given index Relocates the widget identifed with widget id to the given index of the new column from old column.
org.primefaces.model.DashboardColumn (org.primefaces.model.map.DefaultDashboardModel is the default implementation)

Method void removeWidget(String widgetId) List<String> getWidgets() int getWidgetCount() String getWidget(int index) void addWidget(String widgetId) void addWidget(int index, String widgetId) void reorderWidget(int index, String widgetId) Description Removes the widget with the given id Returns the ids of widgets in column Returns the count of widgets in column Returns the widget id with the given index Adds a new widget with the given id Adds a new widget at given index Updates the index of widget in column
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3.22 DataExporter
DataExporter is handy for exporting data listed using a Primefaces Datatable to various formats such as excel, pdf, csv and xml. Info
Tag Tag Class ActionListener Class dataExporter org.primefaces.component.export.DataExporterTag org.primefaces.component.export.DataExporter
Attributes
Name type target fileName excludeColumns pageOnly encoding preProcessor postProcessor Default null null null null FALSE UTF-8 null null Type String String String String String Boolean MethodExpr MethodExpr Description Export type: "xls","pdf","csv", "xml" Server side id of the datatable whose date would be exported Filename of the generated export file, defaults to datatable server side id Comma separated list(if more than one) of column indexes to be excluded from export Exports only current page instead of whole dataset Character encoding to use PreProcessor for the exported document. PostProcessor for the exported document.
Getting Started with DataExporter DataExporter is nested in a UICommand component such as commandButton or commandLink. For pdf exporting itext and for xls exporting poi libraries are required in the classpath. Target must point to a PrimeFaces Datatable. Assume the table to be exported is defined as;
<p:dataTable id="tableId" ...> //columns </p:dataTable>
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Excel export
<p:commandButton value="Export as Excel" ajax="false"> <p:dataExporter type="xls" target="tableId" fileName="cars"/> </p:commandButton>
PDF export
<p:commandButton value="Export as PDF" ajax="false" > <p:dataExporter type="pdf" target="tableId" fileName="cars"/> </p:commandButton>
CSV export
<p:commandButton value="Export as CSV" ajax="false" > <p:dataExporter type="csv" target="tableId" fileName="cars"/> </p:commandButton>
XML export
<p:commandButton value="Export as XML" ajax="false" > <p:dataExporter type="xml" target="tableId" fileName="cars"/> </p:commandLink>
PageOnly By default dataExporter works on whole dataset, if youd like export only the data displayed on current page, set pageOnly to true.
<p:dataExporter type="pdf" target="tableId" fileName="cars" pageOnly="true"/>
Excluding Columns Usually datatable listings contain command components like buttons or links that need to be excluded from the exported data. For this purpose optional excludeColumns property is used to defined the column indexes to be omitted during data export. Exporter below ignores first column, to exclude more than one column define the indexes as a comma separated string (excludeColumns="0,2,6").
<p:dataExporter type="pdf" target="tableId" excludeColumns="0"/>
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Pre and Post Processors In case you need to customize the exported document (add logo, caption ...), use the processor method expressions. PreProcessors are executed before the data is exported and PostProcessors are processed after data is included in the document. Processors are simple java methods taking the document as a parameter. Change Excel Table Header First example of processors changes the background color of the exported excels headers.
<h:commandButton value="Export as XLS"> <p:dataExporter type="xls" target="tableId" fileName="cars" postProcessor="#{bean.postProcessXLS}"/> </h:commandButton>
public void postProcessXLS(Object document) { HSSFWorkbook wb = (HSSFWorkbook) document; HSSFSheet sheet = wb.getSheetAt(0); HSSFRow header = sheet.getRow(0); HSSFCellStyle cellStyle = wb.createCellStyle(); cellStyle.setFillForegroundColor(HSSFColor.GREEN.index); cellStyle.setFillPattern(HSSFCellStyle.SOLID_FOREGROUND); for(int i=0; i < header.getPhysicalNumberOfCells();i++) { header.getCell(i).setCellStyle(cellStyle); } }
Add Logo to PDF This example adds a logo to the PDF before exporting begins.
<h:commandButton value="Export as PDF"> <p:dataExporter type="xls" target="tableId" fileName="cars" preProcessor="#{bean.preProcessPDF}"/> </h:commandButton>
public void preProcessPDF(Object document) throws IOException, BadElementException, DocumentException { Document pdf = (Document) document; ServletContext servletContext = (ServletContext) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getContext(); String logo = servletContext.getRealPath("") + File.separator + "images" + File.separator + "prime_logo.png"; pdf.add(Image.getInstance(logo)); }
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3.23 DataGrid
DataGrid displays a collection of data in grid layout. Ajax Pagination is a built-in feature and paginator UI is fully customizable via various options like paginatorTemplate, rowPerPageOptions, pageLinks and more.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class dataGrid org.primefaces.component.datagrid.DataGrid org.primefaces.component.DataGrid org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.DataGridRenderer org.primefaces.component.datagrid.DataGridRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean
binding
null
Object
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Name value var rows first columns widgetVar paginator paginatorTemplate rowsPerPageTemplate currentPageReportTemplate pageLinks paginatorPosition paginatorAlwaysVisible
Default null null null 0 3 null FALSE null null null 10 both TRUE
Type Object String Integer Integer Integer String boolean String String String Integer String Boolean Data to display.
Description
Name of the request-scoped variable used to refer each data. Number of rows to display per page. Index of the first row to be displayed Number of columns of grid. Variable name of the javascript widget. Enables pagination. Template of the paginator. Template of the rowsPerPage dropdown. Template of the currentPageReport UI. Maximum number of page links to display. Position of the paginator. Defines if paginator should be hidden if total data count is less than number of rows per page. Index of the current page Displays a fade animation during pagination. Speed of the pagination effect. Inline style of the main container. Style class of the main container.
page effect effectSpeed style styleClass
1 TRUE normale null Null
Integer Boolean String String String
Getting started with the DataGrid We will be using a list of cars to display throughout the datagrid examples.
public class Car { } private private private private ... String model; int year; String manufacturer; String color;
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The code for CarBean that would be used to bind the datagrid to the car list.
public class CarBean { } private List<Car> cars; public } CarBean() { cars = new ArrayList<Car>(); cars.add(new Car("myModel",2005,"ManufacturerX","blue")); //add more cars
public List<Car> getCars() { return cars; }
<p:dataGrid var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" columns="3" rows="12"> <p:column> <p:panel header="#{car.model}"> <h:panelGrid columns="1"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/cars/#{car.manufacturer}.jpg"/> <h:outputText value="#{car.year}" /> </h:panelGrid> </p:panel> </p:column> </p:dataGrid>
This datagrid has 3 columns and 12 rows. As datagrid extends from standard UIData, rows correspond to the number of data to display not the number of rows to render so the actual number of rows to render is rows/columns = 4. As a result datagrid is displayed as;
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Ajax Pagination DataGrid has a built-in paginator that is enabled by setting paginator option to true.
<p:dataGrid var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" columns="3" rows="12" paginator="true"> ... </p:dataGrid>
Paginator Template Paginator is customized using paginatorTemplateOption that accepts various keys of UI controls. FirstPageLink LastPageLink PreviousPageLink NextPageLink PageLinks CurrentPageReport RowsPerPageDropDown
Note that {RowsPerPageDropDown} has its own template, options to display is provided via rowsPerPageTemplate attribute (e.g. rowsPerPageTemplate="9,12,15"). Default UI is;
which corresponds to the following template. "{FirstPageLink} {PreviousPageLink} {PageLinks} {NextPageLink} {LastPageLink}" Here are more examples based on different templates; " {CurrentPageReport} {FirstPageLink} {PreviousPageLink} {PageLinks} {NextPageLink} {LastPageLink} {RowsPerPageDropDown}"
" {PreviousPageLink} {CurrentPageReport} {NextPageLink}"
Paginator Position Paginator can be positoned using paginatorPosition attribute in three different locations, "top", "bottom" or "both" (default).
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Pagination Effect A Fade animation is displayed during ajax paging, you can specify the speed of this animation using effectSpeed option or disable it at all by setting effect option to true.
<p:dataGrid var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" columns="3" rows="12" paginator="true" effect="true"effectSpeed="fast"> ... </p:dataGrid>
Selecting Data Selection of data displayed in datagrid is very similar to row selection in datatable, you can access the current data using the var reference. Important point is to place datagrid contents in a p:column which is a child of datagrid. Here is an example to demonstrate how to select data from datagrid and display withing a dialog.
<h:form id="carForm"> <p:dataGrid var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" columns="3" rows="12"> <p:column> <p:panel header="#{car.model}"> <p:commandLink update="carForm:display" oncomplete="dlg.show()"> <f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{car}" target="#{carBean.selectedCar}" <h:outputText value="#{car.model}" /> </p:commandLink> </p:panel> </p:column> </p:dataGrid> <p:dialog modal="true" widgetVar="dlg"> <h:panelGrid id="display" columns="2"> <f:facet name="header"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/cars/#{car.manufacturer}.jpg"/> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="Model:" /> <h:outputText value="#{carBean.selectedCar.year}" />
//more selectedCar properties </h:panelGrid> </p:dialog> </h:form>
public class CarBean { } private List<Car> cars; private Car selectedCar; //getters and setters
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Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.DataGrid

Method getPaginator() Params Return Type Paginator Description Returns the datagrid paginator instance.
Skinning DataGrid resides in a main div container which style and styleClass attributes apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Class .ui-datagrid .ui-datagrid-content .ui-datagrid-data .ui-datagrid-row .ui-datagrid-column Main container element Content container. Table element containing data A row in grid A column in grid Applies
Tips DataGrid uses a YUI paginator widget which you can retrieve via widgetVar.getPaginator(). It has handy client side methods like getTotalRecords(), setPage and more. For api documentation, see http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/docs/module_paginator.html.
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3.24 DataList
DataList presents a collection of data in list layout with several display types. Ajax Pagination is a built-in feature and paginator UI is fully customizable via various options like paginatorTemplate, rowsPerPageOptions, pageLinks and more.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class dataList org.primefaces.component.datalist.DataList org.primefaces.component.DataList.DataListTag org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.DataListRenderer org.primefaces.component.datalist.DataListRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Data to display. Name of the request-scoped variable used to refer each data. Number of rows to display per page. Index of the first row to be displayed Type of the list, valid values are "unordered", "ordered" and "definition". Specifies the list item type.
binding value var rows first type itemType
null null null null 0 unordered null
Object Object String Integer Integer String String

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Name widgetVar paginator paginatorTemplate rowsPerPageTemplate currentPageReportTemplate pageLinks paginatorPosition paginatorAlwaysVisible
Default null FALSE null null null 10 both TRUE
Type String boolean String String String Integer String Boolean
Description Variable name of the javascript widget. Enables pagination. Template of the paginator. Template of the rowsPerPage dropdown. Template of the currentPageReport UI. Maximum number of page links to display. Position of the paginator. Defines if paginator should be hidden if total data count is less than number of rows per page. Index of the current page Displays a fade animation during pagination. Speed of the pagination effect. Inline style of the main container. Style class of the main container.
page effect effectSpeed style styleClass
1 TRUE normale null Null
Integer Boolean String String String
Getting started with the DataList We will be using the same Car and CarBean classes described in DataGrid section.
<p:dataList value="#{carBean.cars}" var="car" itemType="disc"> #{car.manufacturer}, #{car.year} </p:dataList>
Since DataList is a data iteration component, it renders its children for each data represented with var option. See itemType section for more information about the possible values. Ordered Lists DataList displays the data in unordered format by default, if youd like to use ordered display set type option to "ordered".
<p:dataList value="#{carBean.cars}" var="car" type="ordered"> #{car.manufacturer}, #{car.year} </p:dataList>
Output of this datalist would be;

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Item Type itemType defines the bullet type of each item. For ordered lists, following item types are available; A a i
And for unordered lists, available values are; disc circle square
Definition Lists Third type of dataList is definition lists that display inline description for each item, to use definition list set type option to "definition". Detail content is provided with the facet called "description".
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<p:dataList value="#{carBean.cars}" var="car" type="definition"> Model: #{car.model}, Year: #{car.year} <f:facet name="description"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/cars/#{car.manufacturer}.jpg"/> </f:facet> </p:dataList>
Ajax Pagination DataList has a built-in paginator that is enabled by setting paginator option to true.
<p:dataList value="#{carBean.cars}" var="car" paginator="true" rows="10"> #{car.manufacturer}, #{car.year} </p:dataList>
Pagination configuration and usage is same as dataGrid, see pagination section in dataGrid documentation for more information and examples. Selecting Data Data selection can be implemented same as in dataGrid, see selecting data section in dataGrid documentation for more information and examples. Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.DataList
Method getPaginator() Params Return Type Paginator Description Returns the datagrid paginator insance.
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Skinning DataList resides in a main div container which style and styleClass attributes apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Class .ui-datalist .ui-datalist-content .ui-datalist-data .ui-datalist-item Main container element Content container Data container Each item in list Applies
Tips DataGrid uses a YUI paginator widget which you can retrieve via widgetVar.getPaginator(). It has handy client side methods like getTotalRecords(), setPage and more. For api documentation, see http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/docs/module_paginator.html.
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3.25 DataTable
DataTable is an enhanced version of the standard Datatable that provides built-in solutions to many commons use cases like paging, sorting, selection, lazy loading, filtering and more.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class dataTable org.primefaces.component.datatable.DataTable org.primefaces.component.DataTable org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.DataTableRenderer org.primefaces.component.datatable.DataTableRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Data to display. Name of the request-scoped variable used to refer each data. Number of rows to display per page.
binding
null
Object
value var rows
null null null
Object String Integer

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Name first widgetVar paginator paginatorTemplate rowsPerPageTemplate currentPageReportTemplate pageLinks paginatorPosition paginatorAlwaysVisible 0
Default
Type Integer String boolean String String String Integer String Boolean
Description Index of the first row to be displayed Variable name of the javascript widget. Enables pagination. Template of the paginator. Template of the rowsPerPage dropdown. Template of the currentPageReport UI. Maximum number of page links to display. Position of the paginator. Defines if paginator should be hidden if total data count is less than number of rows per page. Index of the current page Inline style of the main container. Style class of the main container. Makes data scrollable with fixed header. Height in pixels for scrollable data. Enables data selection, valid values are single, multiple, singlecell and multiplecell. Reference to the selection data. Enables lazy loading. Name of iterator to refer each row index. Text to display when there is no data to display. Deprecated use onRowSelectUpdate instead. Component(s) to update instantly after a row is selected. Server side listener to invoke when a row is selected. Server side listener to invoke when a row is unselected. Component(s) to update instantly after a row is unselected.
null FALSE null null null 10 both TRUE
page style styleClass scrollable height selectionMode
1 null null FALSE null null
Integer String String Boolean Integer String
selection lazy rowIndexVar emptyMessage update onRowSelectUpdate rowSelectListener rowUnselectListener onRowUnselectUpdate
null FALSE null No records found. null null null null null
Object Boolean String String String String MethodExpr MethodExpr String
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Name onselectStart onselectComplete dblClickSelect liveScroll rowStyleClass rowEditListener onRowEditUpdate onExpandStart
Default null null FALSE FALSE null null null null
Type String String Boolean Boolean String MethodExpr String String
Description Client side callback to execute before ajax request to select a row begins. Client side callback to execute before ajax request to select a row begins. Client side callback to execute after ajax request to select a row ends. Enables live scrolling. Style class for each row. Server side listener to invoke when an incell editor row is saved. Component(s) to update after rowEditListener is invoked. Client side callback to execute before row expansion.
Getting started with the DataTable We will be using the same Car and CarBean classes described in DataGrid section.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}"> <p:column> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Model" /> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{car.model}" /> </p:column> <p:column> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Year" /> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{car.year}" /> </p:column> <p:column> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Manufacturer" /> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{car.manufacturer}" /> </p:column> <p:column> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Color" /> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{car.color}" /> </p:column> </p:dataTable>
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Header and Footer Both datatable itself and columns can have headers and footers.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" widgetVar="carsTable"> <f:facet name="header"> List of Cars </f:facet> <p:column> <f:facet name="header"> Model </f:facet> #{car.model} <f:facet name="footer"> 8 digit code </f:facet> </p:column> <p:column headerText="Year" footerText="1960-2010"> #{car.year} </p:column> //more columns <f:facet name="header"> In total there are #{fn:length(carBean.cars)} cars. </f:facet>
</p:dataTable>
headerText and footerText attributes on column are handy shortcuts for header and footer facets that just display plain texts.
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Pagination DataTable has a built-in ajax based paginator that is enabled by setting paginator option to true.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" paginator="true" rows="10"> //columns </p:dataTable>
Pagination configuration and usage is same as dataGrid, see pagination section in dataGrid documentation for more information and examples. Sorting Sorting is specified at column level, defining sortBy attribute enables ajax based sorting on that particular column.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}"> <p:column sortBy="#{car.model}"> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Model" /> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{car.model}" /> </p:column> ...more columns </p:dataTable>
Instead of using the default sorting algorithm which uses a java comparator, you can plug-in your own sort method.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" dynamic="true"> <p:column sortBy="#{car.model}" sortFunction="#{carBean.sortByModel}"> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Model" /> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{car.model}" /> </p:column> ...more columns </p:dataTable>
public int sortByModel(Car car1, Car car2) { //return -1, 0 , 1 if car1 is less than, equal to or greater than car2 }
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Data Filtering Similar to sorting, ajax based filtering is enabled at column level by setting filterBy option.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}"> <p:column filterBy="#{car.model}"> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Model" /> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{car.model}" /> </p:column> ...more columns
</p:dataTable>
By default filtering is triggered with keyup event, this is configurable using filterEvent attribute. Filter inputs can be styled using filterStyle and filterStyleClass attributes. If youd like to use a dropdown instead of an inputtext to only allow predefined filter values use filterOptions attribute and a collection/array of selectitems as value. In addition, filterMatchMode defines the built-in matcher which is startsWith by default. Following is an advanced filtering datatable with these options demonstrated.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" widgetVar="carsTable"> <f:facet name="header"> <p:outputPanel> <h:outputText value="Search all fields:" /> <h:inputText id="globalFilter" onkeyup="carsTable.filter()" /> </p:outputPanel> </f:facet> <p:column filterBy="#{car.model}" headerText="Model" filterMatchMode="contains"> <h:outputText value="#{car.model}" /> </p:column> <p:column filterBy="#{car.year}" headerText="Year" footerText="startsWith"> <h:outputText value="#{car.year}" /> </p:column> <p:column filterBy="#{car.manufacturer}" headerText="Manufacturer" filterOptions="#{carBean.manufacturerOptions}" filterMatchMode="exact"> <h:outputText value="#{car.manufacturer}" /> </p:column> <p:column filterBy="#{car.color}" headerText="Color" filterMatchMode="endsWith"> <h:outputText value="#{car.color}" /> </p:column>
</p:dataTable>
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Filter located at header is a global one applying on all fields, this is implemented by calling client side api method called filter(), important part is to specify the id of the input text as globalFilter which is a reserved identifier for datatable. Row Selection There are several ways to select row(s) from datatable. Lets begin by adding a Car reference for single selection and a Car array for multiple selection to the CarBean to hold the selected data.
public class CarBean { } private List<Car> cars; private Car selectedCar; private Car[] selectedCars; public } CarBean() { cars = new ArrayList<Car>(); cars.add(new Car("myModel",2005,"ManufacturerX","blue")); //add more cars
//getters and setters
Single Selection with a Command Component This method is implemented with a command component such as commandLink or commandButton. Selected row can be set to a server side instance by passing as a parameter if you are using EL 2.2 or using f:setPropertyActionListener.
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<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}"> <p:column> <p:commandButton value="Select"> <f:setPropertyActionListener value="#{car}" target="#{carBean.selectedCar}" /> </p:commandButton> </p:column> ...columns
</p:dataTable>
Single Selection with Row Click Previous method works when the button is clicked, if youd like to enable selection wherever the row is clicked, use selectionMode option.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" selectionMode="single" selection="#{carBean.selectedCar}"> ...columns </p:dataTable>
Multiple Selection with Row Click Multiple row selection is similar to single selection but selection should reference an array of the domain object displayed.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" selectionMode="multiple" selection="#{carBean.selectedCars}"> ...columns </p:dataTable>
Instant Selection with Row Click In both single and multiple selection options described before, enclosing form needs to be submitted by user so that the selections would be processed and set to the selection value reference. If youd like to execute custom logic whenever the row is selected instantly bind a rowSelectListener or define onRowSelectUpdate option. If youd like to get notified when a row is unselected instantly, use rowUnselectListener. Following example displays a dialog with the selected car information once a row is selected;
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<h:form id="carListForm"> <p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" selectionMode="single" selection="#{carBean.selectedCar}" onRowSelectUpdate="carListForm:dialogContent" rowSelectListener="#{carBean.onCarSelect}" onRowSelectComplete="carDialog.show()"> ...columns </p:dataTable> <p:dialog widgetVar="carDialog" header="Car Info"> <p:outputPanel id="dialogContent"> <h:outputText value="Model: #{carBean.selectedCar.model}" /> //more information about selected car </p:dialog> </p:outputPanel> </h:form>
public void onCarSelect(SelectEvent event) { Car car = (Car) event.getObject(); }
rowSelectListener is handy in case you need to execute custom logic on selected row data, an org.primefaces.event.SelectEvent will be passed providing reference to the selected object. It is also aware of JSF navigations, for example you can navigate to another page to display information about selected data instead of staying on same page. In this case, return an outcome;
public String onCarSelect(SelectEvent event) { FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getFlash().put ("selectedCar", event.getObject()); } return "carDetail?faces-redirect=true";
Selection on Double Click By default, row based selection is enabled by click event, enable dblClickSelect so that clicking double on a row does the selection. Single Selection with RadioButton Selection a row with a radio button placed on each row is a common case, datatable has built-in support for this method so that you dont need to deal with h:selectOneRadios and low level bits. In order to enable this feature, define a column with selectionMode set as single.
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<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" selection="#{carBean.selecedCar}"> <p:column selectionMode="single"/> ...columns
</p:dataTable>
Multiple Selection with Checkboxes Similar to how radio buttons are enabled, define a selection column with a multiple selectionMode. DataTable will also provide a selectAll checkbox at column header.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" selection="#{carBean.selecedCars}"> <p:column selectionMode="multiple"/> ...columns
</p:dataTable>
Cell Selection Cell selection is used to select particular cell(s) in datatable, two different modes are supported; singlecell and multiplecell. Selected cells are passed to the backing bean as org.primefaces.model.Cell instances.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" selection="#{carBean.selectedCell}" selectionMode="singlecell"> ...columns
</p:dataTable>
public class CarBean { } private List<Car> cars; private Cell selectedCell; //getters and setters
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org.primefaces.model.Cell class has the following properties about the selected cell;
Property rowData columnId value Object String Object Type Description Row data the cell belongs to. Id of the cell column Value displayed in cell.
For multiple cell selection use "multiple" selection mode, in this case selection should be a Cell[] reference instead of a single Cell. Dynamic Columns Dynamic columns is handy in case you dont know how many columns to render. Columns component is used to define the columns programmatically. It requires a collection as the value, two iterator variables called var and columnIndexVar. Following example displays cars of each brand dynamically;
<p:dataTable var="cars" value="#{tableBean.dynamicCars}" id="carsTable"> <p:columns value="#{tableBean.columns}" var="column" columnIndexVar="colIndex"> <f:facet name="header"> #{column} </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{cars[colIndex].model}" /> <br /> <h:outputText value="#{cars[colIndex].year}" /> <br /> <h:outputText value="#{cars[colIndex].color}"/> </p:columns> </p:dataTable>
public class CarBean { private List<String> columns; private List<Car[]> dynamicCars; public CarBean() { populateColumns(); populateCars(); } public void populateColumns() { columns = new ArrayList(); } for(int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { columns.add("Brand:" + i); }
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} public void populateCars() { dynamicCars = new ArrayList<Car[]>(); for(int i=0; i < 9; i++) { Car[] cars = new Car[columns.size()]; } } for(int j = 0; j < columns.size(); j++) { cars[j] = //Create car object } dynamicCars.add(cars);
Grouping Grouping is defined by ColumnGroup component used to combine datatable header and footers.
<p:dataTable var="sale" value="#{carBean.sales}"> <p:columnGroup type="header"> <p:row> <p:column rowspan="3" headerText="Manufacturer" /> <p:column colspan="4" headerText="Sales" /> </p:row> <p:row> <p:column colspan="2" headerText="Sales Count" /> <p:column colspan="2" headerText="Profit" /> </p:row> <p:row> <p:column headerText="Last Year" /> <p:column headerText="This Year" /> <p:column headerText="Last Year" /> <p:column headerText="This Year" /> </p:row> </p:columnGroup> <p:column> #{sale.manufacturer} </p:column> <p:column> #{sale.lastYearProfit}% </p:column> <p:column> #{sale.thisYearProfit}% </p:column> <p:column> #{sale.lastYearSale}$ </p:column> <p:column> #{sale.thisYearSale}$ </p:column>
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<p:columnGroup type="footer"> <p:row> <p:column colspan="3" style="text-align:right" footerText="Totals:"/> <p:column footerText="#{tableBean.lastYearTotal}$" /> <p:column footerText="#{tableBean.thisYearTotal}$" /> </p:row> </p:columnGroup>
</p:dataTable>
public class CarBean { } private List<Manufacturer> sales; public CarBean() { sales = //create a list of BrandSale objects } public List<ManufacturerSale> getSales() { return this.sales; }
Scrolling Scrolling is a way to display data with fixed headers, in order to enable simple scrolling set scrollable option to true, define a fixed height in pixels and set a fixed width to each column.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" scrollable="true" height="150"> <p:column style="width:100px" ... //columns </p:dataTable>
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Simple scrolling renders all data to client and places a scrollbar, live scrolling is necessary to deal with huge data, in this case data is fetched whenever the scrollbar reaches bottom. Set liveScroll to enable this option;
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" scrollable="true" height="150" liveScroll="true"> <p:column style="width:100px" ... //columns </p:dataTable>
Expandable Rows RowToggler and RowExpansion components are used to implement expandable rows.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}"> <f:facet name="header"> Expand rows to see detailed information </f:facet> <p:column> <p:rowToggler /> </p:column> //columns <p:rowExpansion> //Detailed content of a car </p:rowExpansion>
</p:dataTable>
p:rowToggler component places an expand/collapse icon, clicking on a collapsed row loads expanded content with ajax.
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In case you need to execute custom javascript before row expansion begins, use onExpandStart option, your function will be executed with row element as parameter named row. Incell Editing Incell editing provides an easy way to display editable data. p:cellEditor is used to define the cell editor of a particular column and p:rowEditor is used to toggle edit/view displays of a row.
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}"> <f:facet name="header"> In-Cell Editing </f:facet> <p:column headerText="Model"> <p:cellEditor> <f:facet name="output"> <h:outputText value="#{car.model}" /> </f:facet> <f:facet name="input"> <h:inputText value="#{car.model}"/> </f:facet> </p:cellEditor> </p:column> //more columns with cell editors <p:column> <p:rowEditor /> </p:column>
</p:dataTable>
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When pencil icon is clicked, row is displayed in editable mode meaning input facets are displayed and output facets are hidden. Clicking tick icon only saves that particular row and cancel icon reverts the changes, both options are implemented with ajax. Most of the time, youd need a callback to do something with the edited data like persisting changes, in this case define a rowEditListener with org.primefaces.event.RowEditEvent as parameter;
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.cars}" rowEditListener="#{carBean.onEditRow}"> //editable columns
</p:dataTable>
public void onEditRow(RowEditEvent event) { Car editedCar = (Car) event.getObject(); //persist to database }
Optionally onRowEditUpdate attribute is used to update other components on page after successful row editing. Note that if validation fails, row will still be displayed as editable. Lazy Loading Lazy Loading is a built-in feature of datatable to deal with huge datasets efficiently, regular ajax based pagination works by rendering only a particular page but still requires all data to be loaded into memory. Lazy loading datatable renders a particular page similary but also only loads the page data into memory not the whole dataset. In order to implement this, youd need to bind a org.primefaces.model.LazyDataModel as the value and implement one single method called load.
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<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{carBean.model}" lazy="true" paginator="true" rows="10"> //columns
</p:dataTable>
public class CarBean { private LazyDataModel model; } public CarBean() { model = new LazyDataModel() { } }; @Override public void load(int first, int pageSize, String sortField, boolean sortOrder, Map<String,String> filters) { } //load lazy data
int totalRowCount = //total row count based on a count query model.setRowCount(totalRowCount);
public LazyDataModel getModel() { return model; }
DataTable calls your load implementation whenever a paging, sorting or filtering occurs with following parameters; first: Offset of first data to start from pageSize: Number of data to load sortField: Name of sort field (e.g. "model" for sortBy="#{car.model}") sortOrder: True for ascending and False for descending filter: Filter map with field name as key (e.g. "model" for filterBy="#{car.model}") and value.
In addition to load method, totalRowCount needs to be provided so that paginator can display itself according to the logical number of rows to display. Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.DataTable
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Method getPaginator() clearFilters()
Params -
Return Type Paginator void
Description Returns the datagrid paginator insance. Clears all column filters
Skinning DataTable resides in a main container element which style and styleClass options apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Class .ui-datatable .ui-datatable-data .ui-datatable-data-empty .ui-datatable-header .ui-datatable-footer .ui-sortable-column .ui-sortable-column-icon .ui-expanded-row-content .ui-row-toggler .ui-editable-column .ui-cell-editor .ui-cell-editor-input .ui-cell-editor-output .ui-datatable-even .ui-datatable-odd Main container element Table body Table body when there is no data Table header Table footer Sortable columns Icon of a sortable icon Content of an expanded row Row toggler for row expansion Columns with a cell editor Container of input and output controls of an editable cell Container of input control of an editable cell Container of output control of an editable cell Even numbered rows Odd numbered rows Applies
As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information. Tips JPA Query API has methods like setFirstResult(int first) and setMaxResults(int limit) you can use when implementing lazy loading as values like first result and max results are passed in load method. Filtering caches the filtered data, when updating a filtered datatable, use resetValue() method on datatable to clear cache. There are also useful methods like reset() and clearLazyCache().
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3.26 Dialog
Dialog is a panel component overlaying other elements. Dialog avoids popup blockers, provides customization, resizing, modality, ajax interactions and more.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class dialog org.primefaces.component.dialog.Dialog org.primefaces.component.Dialog org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.DialogRenderer org.primefaces.component.dialog.DialogRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Text of the header Specifies draggability Specifies resizability Boolean value that specifies whether the document should be shielded with a partially transparent mask to require the user to close the Panel before being able to activate any elements in the document. Sets dialogs visibility
binding header draggable resizable modal
null null TRUE TRUE FALSE
Object String Boolean Boolean Boolean
visible
FALSE
Boolean
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Name width height zindex minWidth minHeight styleClass closeListener onCloseUpdate showEffect hideEffect position closeOnEscape closable onShow onHide appendToBody widgetVar
Default 150 auto 1000 150 0 null null null null null null TRUE TRUE null null FALSE null
Type Integer Integer Integer Integer Integer String MethodExpr String String String String Boolean Boolean String String Boolean String Width of the dialog Width of the dialog
Description
Specifies zindex property. Minimum width of a resizable dialog. Minimum height of a resizable dialog. Style class of the dialog Server side listener to invoke when dialog is closed. Components to update after dialog is closed and closeListener is processed with ajax. Effect to use when showing the dialog Effect to use when hiding the dialog Defines where the dialog should be displayed Defines if dialog should be closed when escape key is pressed. Defines if close icon should be displayed or not Client side callback to execute when dialog is displayed. Client side callback to execute when dialog is hidden. Appends dialog as a child of document body. Name of the client side widget
Getting started with the Dialog Dialog is a panel component containing other components, note that by default dialog is not visible.
<p:dialog> <h:outputText value="Resistance to PrimeFaces is Futile!" /> //Other content
</p:dialog>
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Show and Hide Showing and hiding the dialog is easy using the client side api.
<p:dialog header="Header Text" widgetVar="dlg"> //Content </p:dialog> <p:commandButton value="Show" type="button" onclick="dlg.show()" /> <p:commandButton value="Hide" type="button" onclick="dlg.hide()" />
Effects There are various effect options to be used when displaying and closing the dialog. Use showEffect and hideEffect options to apply these effects; blind bounce clip drop explode fade fold highlight puff pulsate scale shake size slide transfer
<p:dialog showEffect="fade" hideEffect="explode" ...> //... </p:dialog>
Position By default dialog is positioned at center of the viewport and position option is used to change the location of the dialog. Possible values are; Single string value like center, left, right, top, bottom representing the position within viewport. Comma separated x and y coordinate values like 200, 500 Comma separated position values like top,right. (Use single quotes when using a combination) Some examples are described below;
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<p:dialog position="top" ...>
<p:dialog position="right,top" ...>
<p:dialog position="200,500" ...>
Ajax Interaction Dialog can also be used for ajax interaction. In the following example when the dialog is shown, it displays a form to enter a text, once submit button is clicked, dialog is hidden and outputText with id="txt" is partially updated.
<h:form> <h:outputText id="txt" value="Text: #{bean.text}"/> <h:outputLink value="#" onclick="dlg.show()">Enter Text</h:outputLink> <p:dialog header="Enter FirstName" widgetVar="dlg"> <h:panelGrid columns="2" style="margin-bottom:10px"> <h:outputLabel for="text" value="Text:" /> <h:inputText id="text" value="#{bean.text}" /> <p:commandButton value="Reset" type="reset"/> <p:commandButton value="Submit" update="txt" oncomplete="dlg.hide();"/> </h:panelGrid> </p:dialog> </h:form>
Ajax CloseListener If youd like to execute custom logic on server side when dialog is closed, bind a closeListener. Your listener will be invoked passing an org.primefaces.event.CloseEvent instance. Optionally you can update other components on page after dialog is closed and ajax closelistener is invoked. Example below adds a FacesMessage when dialog is closed and updates the messages component to display the added message.
<p:dialog closeListener="#{dialogBean.handleClose}" onCloseUpdate="msg"> //Content </p:dialog> <p:messages id="msg" />
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public class DialogBean { } public void handleClose(CloseEvent event) { //Add facesmessage }
Client Side Callbacks Similar to close listener, onShow and onHide are handy callbacks for client side in case you need to execute custom javascript.
<p:dialog onShow="alert(Visible)" onHide="alert(Hidden)"> //Content </p:dialog>
Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.Dialog

Method show() hide() Params Return Type void void Description Displays dialog. Closes dialog.
Skinning Dialog resides in a main container element which styleClass option apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-dialog .ui-dialog-titlebar .ui-dialog-title-dialog .ui-dialog-titlebar-close .ui-dialog-content Applies Container element of dialog Title bar Header text Close icon Dialog body
As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information. Tips Avoid updating the dialog itself for better performance, instead update a container within a dialog.
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3.27 Divider
Divider is used to separate elements in a toolbar. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class divider org.primefaces.component.divider.Divider org.primefaces.component.Divider org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.DividerRenderer org.primefaces.component.divider.DividerRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Inline style of the divider. Style class of the divider. Visual style of the divider.
binding style styleClass type
null null null dotted
Object String String String
Getting started with Divider See toolbar section for more information about how divider is used within a toolbar. Type Divider has two visual styles;
dotted solid
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Skinning Divider element resides in a main container element which style and styleClass options apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Class .ui-divider Divider element Applies
As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information.
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3.28 Drag&Drop
Drag&Drop utilities of PrimeFaces consists of two components; Draggable and Droppable.
3.28.1 Draggable
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class draggable org.primefaces.component.dnd.Draggable org.primefaces.component.Draggable org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.DraggableRenderer org.primefaces.component.dnd.DraggableRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the client side widget Id of the component to add draggable behavior Disables or enables dragging Specifies drag axis, valid values are x and y. Constraints dragging within the boundaries of containment element Helper element to display when dragging Reverts draggable to its original position when not dropped onto a valid droppable Draggable will snap to edge of near elements Specifies the snap mode. Valid values are both, inner and outer.
binding widgetVar for disabled axis containment helper revert snap snapMode
null null null FALSE null null null FALSE FALSE null
Object String String Boolean String String String Boolean Boolean String
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Name snapTolerance zindex handle opacity stack
Default 20 null null 1 null
Type Integer Integer String Double String
Description Distance from the snap element in pixels to trigger snap. ZIndex to apply during dragging. Specifies a handle for dragging. Defines the opacity of the helper during dragging. In stack mode, draggable overlap is controlled automatically using the provided selector, dragged item always overlays other draggables. Dragging happens in every x and y pixels. Scope key to match draggables and droppables. CSS cursor to display in dragging. Id of the dashboard to connect with.
grid scope cursor dashboard
null null crosshair null
String String String String
Getting started with Draggable Any component can be enhanced with draggable behavior, basically this is achieved by defining the id of component using the for attribute of draggable.
<p:panel id="pnl" header="Draggable Panel"> <h:outputText value="This is actually a regular panel" /> </p:panel> <p:draggable for="pnl"/>
If you omit the for attribute, parent component will be selected as the draggable target.
<h:graphicImage id="campnou" value="/images/campnou.jpg"> <p:draggable /> </h:graphicImage>
Handle By default any point in dragged component can be used as handle, if you need a specific handle, you can define it with handle option. Following panel is dragged using its header only.
<p:panel id="pnl" header="Draggable Panel"> <h:outputText value="I can only be dragged using my header" /> </p:panel> <p:draggable for="pnl" handle="div.ui-panel-titlebar"/>
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Drag Axis Dragging can be limited to either horizontally or vertically.

<p:panel id="pnl" header="Draggable Panel"> <h:outputText value="I am dragged on an axis only" /> </p:panel> <p:draggable for="pnl" axis="x or y"/>
Clone By default, actual component is used as the drag indicator, if you need to keep the component at its original location, use a clone helper.
<p:panel id="pnl" header="Draggable Panel"> <h:outputText value="I am cloned" /> </p:panel> <p:draggable for="pnl" helper="clone"/>
Revert When a draggable is not dropped onto a matching droppable, revert option enables the component to move back to its original position with an animation.
<p:panel id="pnl" header="Draggable Panel"> <h:outputText value="I will be reverted back to my original position" /> </p:panel> <p:draggable for="pnl" revert="true"/>
Opacity During dragging, opacity option can be used to give visual feedback, helper of following panels opacity is reduced in dragging.
<p:panel id="pnl" header="Draggable Panel"> <h:outputText value="My opacity is lower during dragging" /> </p:panel> <p:draggable for="pnl" opacity="0.5"/>
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Grid Defining a grid enables dragging in specific pixels. This value takes a comma separated dimensions in x,y format.
<p:panel id="pnl" header="Draggable Panel"> <h:outputText value="I am dragged in grid mode" /> </p:panel> <p:draggable for="pnl" grid="20,40"/>
Containment A draggable can be restricted to a certain section on page, following draggable cannot go outside of its parent.
3.28.2 Droppable
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class droppable org.primefaces.component.dnd.Droppable org.primefaces.component.Droppable org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.DroppableRenderer org.primefaces.component.dnd.DroppableRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Variable name of the client side widget A server side listener to process a DragDrop event. Id of the component to add droppable behavior Disables of enables droppable behavior Style class to apply when an acceptable draggable is dragged over. Style class to apply when an acceptable draggable is being dragged. Component(s) to update with ajax after a draggable is dropped. Client side callback to execute when a draggable is dropped. Selector to define the accepted draggables. Scope key to match draggables and droppables. Specifies the intersection mode to accept a draggable. Id of a UIData component to connect with.
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binding widgetVar dropListener for disabled hoverStyleClass activeStyleClass onDropUpdate onDrop accept scope tolerance datasource
null null null null FALSE null null null null null null null null
Object String MethodExpr String Boolean String String String String String String String String
Getting Started with Droppable Usage of droppable is very similar to draggable, droppable behavior can be added to any component specified with the for attribute.
<p:outputPanel id="slot" styleClass="slot" /> <p:droppable for="slot" />
slot styleClass represents a small rectangle.

<style type="text/css"> .slot { background:#FF9900; width:64px; height:96px; display:block; } </style>
If for attribute is omitted, parent component becomes droppable.

<p:outputPanel id="slot" styleClass="slot"> <p:droppable /> </p:outputPanel>
Drop Listener
PrimeFaces component showcase demo contains a functional example to setup tactical formation of F.C. Barcelona, see the source code for more information.
In addition to the ajax dropListener, onDropUpdate attribute is used to define which components to update after dropListener is processed. onDrop onDrop is a client side callback that is invoked when a draggable is dropped, it gets two parameters event and ui object holding information about the drag drop event.
<p:outputPanel id="zone" styleClass="slot" /> <p:droppable for="zone" onDrop="handleDrop"/>
function handleDrop(event, ui) { var draggable = ui.draggable, helper = ui.helper, position = ui.position, offset = ui.offset; }
//draggable element, a jQuery object //helper element of draggable, a jQuery object //position of draggable helper //absolute position of draggable helper
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DataSource Droppable has special care for data elements that extend from UIData(e.g. datatable, datagrid), in order to connect a droppable to accept data from a data component define datasource option as the id of the data component. Example below show how to drag data from datagrid and drop onto a droppable to implement a dragdrop based selection. Dropped cars are displayed with a datatable.
<h:form id="carForm"> <p:fieldset legend="AvailableCars"> <p:dataGrid id="availableCars" var="car" value="#{tableBean.availableCars}" columns="3"> <p:column> <p:panel id="pnl" header="#{car.model}" style="text-align:center"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/cars/#{car.manufacturer}.jpg" /> </p:panel> <p:draggable for="pnl" revert="true" h andle=".ui-panel-titlebar" stack=".ui-panel"/> </p:column> </p:dataGrid> </p:fieldset> <p:fieldset id="selectedCars" legend="Selected Cars" style="margin-top:20px"> <p:outputPanel id="dropArea"> <h:outputText value="!!!Drop here!!!" rendered="#{empty tableBean.droppedCars}" style="font-size:24px;" />
<p:dataTable var="car" value="#{tableBean.droppedCars}" rendered="#{not empty tableBean.droppedCars}"> <p:column headerText="Model"> <h:outputText value="#{car.model}" /> </p:column> <p:column headerText="Year"> <h:outputText value="#{car.year}" /> </p:column> <p:column headerText="Manufacturer"> <h:outputText value="#{car.manufacturer}" /> </p:column> <p:column headerText="Color"> <h:outputText value="#{car.color}" /> </p:column> </p:dataTable> </p:outputPanel> </p:fieldset> <p:droppable for="selectedCars" tolerance="touch" activeStyleClass="ui-statehighlight" datasource="availableCars" dropListener="#{tableBean.onCarDrop}" onDropUpdate="dropArea availableCars" onDrop="handleDrop"/> </h:form> <script type="text/javascript"> function handleDrop(event, ui) { ui.draggable.fadeOut(fast); } </script>
//fade out the dropped item
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public class TableBean { private List<Car> availableCars; private List<Car> droppedCars; } public TableBean() { availableCars = //populate data } //getters and setters public } void onCarDrop(DragDropEvent event) { Car car = ((Car) ddEvent.getData()); droppedCars.add(car); availableCars.remove(car);
Tolerance There are four different tolerance modes that define the way of accepting a draggable.
Mode fit intersect pointer touch Description draggable should overlap the droppable entirely draggable should overlap the droppable at least 50% pointer of mouse should overlap the droppable droppable should overlap the droppable at any amount
Acceptance You can limit which draggables can be dropped onto droppables using scope attribute which a draggable also has. Following example has two images, only first image can be accepted by droppable.
<p:graphicImage id="messi" value="barca/messi_thumb.jpg" /> <p:draggable for="messi" scope="forward"/> <p:graphicImage id="xavi" value="barca/xavi_thumb.jpg" /> <p:draggable for="xavi" scope="midfield"/> <p:outputPanel id="forwardsonly" styleClass="slot" scope="forward" /> <p:droppable for="forwardsonly" />
Skinning hoverStyleClass and activeStyleClass attributes are used to change the style of the droppable when interacting with a draggable.
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3.29 Dock
Dock component mimics the well known dock interface of Mac OS X.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class dock org.primefaces.component.dock.Dock org.primefaces.component.Dock org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.DockRenderer org.primefaces.component.dock.DockRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Position of the dock, bottom or top. Initial width of items. Maximum width of items. Distance to enlarge. Horizontal alignment, MenuModel instance to create menus programmatically Name of the client side widget.
binding position itemWidth maxWidth proximity halign model widgetVar
null bottom 40 50 90 center null null
Object String Integer Integer Integer String MenuModel String
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Getting started with the Dock A dock is composed of menuitems.

<p:dock> <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem </p:dock>
value="Home" icon="/images/dock/home.png" url="#" /> value="Music" icon="/images/dock/music.png" url="#" /> value="Video" icon="/images/dock/video.png" url="#"/> value="Email" icon="/images/dock/email.png" url="#"/> value="Link" icon="/images/dock/link.png" url="#"/> value="RSS" icon="/images/dock/rss.png" url="#"/> value="History" icon="/images/dock/history.png" url="#"/>
Position Dock can be located in two locations, top or bottom (default). For a dock positioned at top set position to top. Dock Effect When mouse is over the dock items, icons are zoomed in. The configuration of this effect is done via the maxWidth and proximity attributes. Dynamic Menus Menus can be created programmatically as well, see the dynamic menus part in menu component section for more information and an example. Skinning Following is the list of structural style classes, {positon} can be top or bottom.
Style Class .ui-dock-{position} .ui-dock-container-{position} .ui-dock-item-{position} Main container. Menu item container. Each menu item. Applies
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3.30 Editor
Editor is an input component with rich text editing capabilities.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class editor org.primefaces.component.editor.Editor org.primefaces.component.Editor org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.EditorRenderer org.primefaces.component.editor.EditorRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding value converter Default null TRUE null null null Type String Boolean Object Object Converter/ String Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text. An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id.
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Name immediate
Default FALSE
Type Boolean
Description When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required. A method expression that refers to a method validationg the input. A method expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent. Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fails. Name of the widget to access client side api. List of controls to customize toolbar. Height of the editor. Width of the editor. Disables editor. Enables lazy initialization mode.
required validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage widgetVar controls height width disabled lazy
FALSE null null null null null null null null null FALSE FALSE
Boolean MethodExpr MethodExpr String String String String String Integer Integer Boolean Boolean
Getting started with the Editor Rich Text entered using the Editor is passed to the server using value expression.
public class Bean { private String text; //getter and setter }
<h:form> <p:editor value="#{myController.text}" /> <p:commandButton value="Save" /> </h:form>
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Custom Toolbar Toolbar of editor is easy to customize using controls option;

<p:editor value="#{bean.text}" controls="bold italic underline strikethrough" />
Here is the full list of all available controls; bold italic underline strikethrough subscript superscript font size style color highlight bullets numbering alignleft center alignright justify undo redo rule image link unlink cut copy paste pastetext print source outdent indent removeFormat
Lazy Editor Editor cannot function properly when placed inside a container that is initially hidden (e.g. dialog, tabview). Workaround is to use a lazy editor and create the editor when the container is visible. Following example demonstrates how to place an editor inside a dialog.
<p:dialog onShow="editorWidget.init()"> <p:editor value="#{bean.text}" lazy="true" widgetVar="editorWidget"/> </p:dialog>
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Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.Editor

Method init() saveHTML() clear() enable() disable() focus() selectAll() getSelectedHTML() getSelectedText() Params Return Type void void void void void void void String String Description Initializes a lazy editor, subsequent calls do not reinit the editor. Saves html text in iframe back to the textarea. Clears the text in editor. Enables editing. Disables editing. Adds cursor focus to edit area. Selects all text in editor. Returns selected text as HTML. Returns selected text in plain format.
Skinning Following is the list of structural style classes.

Style Class .ui-editor .ui-editor-toolbar .ui-editor-group .ui-editor-button .ui-editor-divider .ui-editor-disabled .ui-editor-list .ui-editor-color .ui-editor-popup .ui-editor-prompt .ui-editor-message Main container. Toolbar of editor. Button groups. Each button. Divider to separate buttons. Disabled editor controls. Dropdown lists. Color picker. Popup overlays. Overlays to provide input. Overlays displaying a message. Applies
Editor is not integrated with ThemeRoller as there is only one icon set for the controls.
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3.31 Effect
Effect component is based on the jQuery UI effects library. Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class effect org.primefaces.component.effect.EffectTag org.primefaces.component.effect.Effect org.primefaces.component.Effect org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.EffectRenderer org.primefaces.component.effect.EffectRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Dom event to attach the event that executes the animation Specifies the name of the animation Component that is animated Speed of the animation in ms
binding event type for speed
null null null null 1000
Object String String String Integer
Getting started with Effect Effect component needs a trigger and target which is effects parent by default. In example below clicking outputText (trigger) will run the pulsate effect on outputText(target) itself.
<h:outputText value="#{bean.value}"> <p:effect type="pulsate" event="click" /> </h:outputText>
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Effect Target There may be cases where you want to display an effect on another target on the same page while keeping the parent as the trigger. Use for option to specify a target.
<h:outputLink id="lnk" value="#"> <h:outputText value="Show the Barca Temple" /> <p:effect type="appear" event="click" for="img" /> </h:outputLink> <p:graphicImage id="img" value="/ui/barca/campnou.jpg" style="display:none"/>
With this setting, outputLink becomes the trigger for the effect on graphicImage. When the link is clicked, initially hidden graphicImage comes up with a fade effect. Note: Its important for components that have the effect component as a child to have an assigned id because some components do not render their clientIds if you dont give them an id explicitly. List of Effects Following is the list of effects supported by PrimeFaces. blind clip drop explode fold puff slide scale bounce highlight pulsate shake size transfer
Effect Configuration Each effect has different parameters for animation like colors, duration and more. In order to change the configuration of the animation, provide these parameters with the f:param tag.
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<h:outputText value="#{bean.value}"> <p:effect type="scale" event="mouseover"> <f:param name="percent" value="90"/> </p:effect> </h:outputText>
Its important to provide string options with single quotes.

<h:outputText value="#{bean.value}"> <p:effect type="blind" event="click"> <f:param name="direction" value="'horizontal'" /> </p:effect> </h:outputText>
For the full list of configuration parameters for each effect, please see the jquery documentation;
http://docs.jquery.com/UI/Effects
Effect on Load Effects can also be applied to any JSF component when page is loaded for the first time or after an ajax request is completed. Following example animates messages with pulsate effect after ajax request.
<p:messages id="messages"> <p:effect type="pulsate" event="load"> <f:param name="mode" value="'show'" /> </p:effect> </p:messages> <p:commandButton value="Save" actionListener="#{bean.action}" update="messages"/>
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3.32 Fieldset
Fieldset is a grouping component with a title and content.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class fielset org.primefaces.component.fieldset.Fieldset org.primefaces.component.Fieldset org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.FieldsetRenderer org.primefaces.component.fieldset.FieldsetRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the widget to access client side api. Title text. Inline style of the fieldset. Style class of the fieldset. Makes content toggleable with animation. Component(s) to update with ajax after toggleListener is invoked.
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binding widgetVar legend style styleClass toggleable onToggleUpdate
null null null null null FALSE null
Object String String String String Boolean String
Name toggleListener collapsed
Default null FALSE
Type MethodExpr Boolean
Description Server side listener to invoke when content is toggled. Defines initial visibility state of content.
Getting started with Fieldset Fieldset is used as a container component for its children.
<p:fieldset legend="Simple Fieldset"> <h:panelGrid column="2"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/godfather/1.jpg" /> <h:outputText value="The story begins as Don Vito Corleone ..." /> </h:panelGrid> </p:fieldset>
Legend Legend can be defined in two ways, with legend attribute as in example above or using legend facet. Use facet way if you need to place custom html other than simple text.
<p:fieldset> <f:facet name="legend"> </f:facet> //content </p:fieldset>
When both legend attribute and legend facet are present, facet is chosen. Toggleable Content Clicking on fieldset legend can toggle contents, this is handy to use space efficiently in a layout. Set toggleable to true to enable this feature.
<p:fieldset legend="Toggleable Fieldset" toggleable="true"> <h:panelGrid column="2"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/godfather/2.jpg" /> <h:outputText value="Francis Ford Coppolas legendary ..." /> </h:panelGrid> </p:fieldset>
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ToggleListener It is possible to execute custom logic both on server and client side when content is toggled. toggleListener is a server side listener that is invoked with org.primefaces.event.ToggleEvent as a parameter, optional onToggleUpdate defines components to update with the ajax toggle request. Here is an example that adds a faces message using toggleListener and updates growl component when fieldset is toggled.
<p:growld id="messages" /> <p:fieldset legend="Toggleable Fieldset" toggleable="true" toggleListener="#{bean.onToggle}" onToggleUpdate="messages"> //content </p:fieldset>
public void onToggle(ToggleEvent event) { Visibility visibility = event.getVisibility(); FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage(); msg.setSummary("Fieldset " + event.getId() + " toggled"); msg.setDetail("Visibility: " + visibility); } FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg);
Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.Fieldset

Method toggle() Params Return Type void Description Toggles fieldset content.
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Skinning style and styleClass options apply to the fieldset. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-fieldset .ui-fieldset-toggleable .ui-fieldset .ui-fieldset-legend .ui-fieldset-toggleable .ui-fieldset-legend .ui-fieldset .ui-fieldset-toggler Main container Main container when fieldset is toggleable Legend of fieldset Legend of fieldset when fieldset is toggleable Toggle icon on fieldset Applies
Tips A collapsed fieldset will remain collapsed after a postback since fieldset keeps its toggle state internally, you dont need to manage this using toggleListener and collapsed option.
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3.33 FileDownload
The legacy way to present dynamic binary data to the client is to write a servlet or a filter and stream the binary data. FileDownload does all the hardwork and presents an easy binary data like files stored in database. Info
Tag Tag Class ActionListener Class fileDownload org.primefaces.component.filedownload.FileDownloadTag org.primefaces.component.filedownload.FileDownloadActionListener
Attributes
Name value contextDisposition Default null attachment Type StreamedContent String Description A streamed content instance Specifies display mode.
Getting started with FileDownload A user command action is required to trigger the filedownload process. FileDownload can be attached to any command component like a commandButton or commandLink. The value of the FileDownload must be an org.primefaces.model.StreamedContent instance. We suggest using the built-in DefaultStreamedContent implementation. First parameter of the constructor is the binary stream, second is the mimeType and the third parameter is the name of the file.
public class FileBean { private StreamedContent file; public FileDownloadController() { InputStream stream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("yourfile.pdf"); file = new DefaultStreamedContent(stream, "application/pdf", "downloaded_file.pdf"); } public StreamedContent getFile() { return this.file; }
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This streamed content should be bound to the value of the fileDownload.

<h:commandButton value="Download"> <p:fileDownload value="#{fileBean.file}" /> </h:commandButton>
Similarly a more graphical presentation would be to use a commandlink with an image.

<h:commandLink value="Download"> <p:fileDownload value="#{fileBean.file}"/> <h:graphicImage value="pdficon.gif" /> </h:commandLink>
If youd like to use PrimeFaces commandButton and commandLink, disable ajax option as fileDownload requires a full page refresh to present the file.
<p:commandButton value="Download" ajax="false"> <p:fileDownload value="#{fileBean.file}" /> </p:commandButton>
<p:commandLink value="Download" ajax="false"> <p:fileDownload value="#{fileBean.file}"/> <h:graphicImage value="pdficon.gif" /> </p:commandLink>
ContentDisposition By default, content is displayed as an attachment with a download dialog box, another alternative is the inline mode, in this case browser will try to open the file internally without a prompt. Note that content disposition is not part of the http standard although it is widely implemented.
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3.34 FileUpload
FileUpload goes beyond the browser input type="file" functionality and features a flash-javascript solution for uploading files. File filtering, multiple uploads, partial page rendering and progress tracking are the significant features compared to legacy fileUploads.
Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class fileUpload org.primefaces.component.fileupload.FileUploadTag org.primefaces.component.fileupload.FileUpload org.primefaces.component.FileUpload org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.FileUploadRenderer org.primefaces.component.fileupload.FileUploadRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String boolean Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Method expression to listen file upload events. Allows multi file uploads, turned off by default. Client side ids of the component(s) to be updated after file upload completes. When set to true, selecting a file starts the upload process implicitly.
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binding fileUploadListener multiple update auto
null null FALSE null FALSE
Object MethodExpres sion boolean String boolean
Name label image cancelImage width height allowTypes description sizeLimit wmode customUI style styleClass widgetVar
Default null null null null null null null null null null null null null
Type String String String String String String String Integer String boolean String String String
Description Label of the browse button, default is Browse Background image of the browse button. Image of the cancel button Width of the browse button Height of the browse button Semi colon separated list of file extensions to accept. Label to describe what types of files can be uploaded. Number of maximum bytes to allow. wmode property of the flash object. When custom UI is turned on upload and cancel links wont be rendered. Style of the main container element. Style class of the main container element. Name of the javascript widget.
Getting started with FileUpload First thing to do is to configure the fileupload filter which parses the multipart request. Its important to make PrimeFaces file upload filter the very first filter to consume the request.
<filter> <filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name> <filter-class> org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter </filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name> <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> </filter-mapping>
Single File Upload By default file upload allows selecting and uploading only one file at a time, simplest file upload would be;
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileBean.handleFileUpload}" />
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FileUploadListener is the way to access the uploaded files, when a file is uploaded defined fileUploadListener is processed with a FileUploadEvent as the parameter.
public class FileBean { } public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) { UploadedFile file = event.getFile(); //application code }
UploadedFile belongs to the PrimeFaces API and contains methods to retrieve various information about the file such as filesize, contents, file type and more. Please see the JavaDocs for more information. Multi FileUploads Multiple fileuploads can be enabled using the multiple attribute. This way multiple files can be selected and uploaded together.
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileBean.handleFileUpload}" multiple="true" />
Auto Upload Default behavior requires users to trigger the upload process, you can change this way by setting auto to true. Auto uploads are triggered as soon as files are selected from the dialog.
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileBean.handleFileUpload}" auto="true" />
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Partial Page Update After the fileUpload process completes you can use the PrimeFaces PPR to update any component on the page. FileUpload is equipped with the update attribute for this purpose. Following example displays a "File Uploaded" message using the growl component after file upload.
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileBean.handleFileUpload}" update="msg" /> <p:growl id="msg" />
public class FileBean { } public void handleFileUpload(FileUploadEvent event) { //add facesmessage to display with growl //application code }
File Filters Users can be restricted to only select the file types youve configured, for example a file filter defined on *.jpg will only allow selecting jpg files. Several different file filters can be configured for a single fileUpload component.
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileBean.handleFileUpload}" allowTypes="*.jpg;*.bmp;*.png;*.gif" description="Select Images"/>
Size Limit Most of the time you might need to restrict the file upload size, this is as simple as setting the sizeLimit configuration. Following fileUpload limits the size to 1000 bytes for each file.
<p:fileUpload fileUploadListener="#{fileBean.handleFileUpload}" sizeLimit="1000" />
Skinning FileUpload FileUpload is a highly customizable component in terms of skinning. Best way to show this is start with an example. After skinning the fileUpload will look like;
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<p:fileUpload widgetVar="uploader" fileUploadListener="#{fileBean.handleFileUpload}" height="48" width="48" image="/images/browse.png" cancelImage="/images/cancel.png" customUI="true"/> <h:outputLink value="#" title="Upload" onclick="uploader.upload();"> Upload Files </h:outputLink>
The image of the browse button is customized using the image attribute and the image for cancel button is configured with cancelImage attribute. Note that when you use a custom image for the browse button set the height and width properties to be same as the image size. In addition, style and styleClass attributes apply to the main container element(span) of fileupload controls. Another important feature is the customUI. Since fileUpload is a composite component, we made the UI flexible enough to customize it for your own requirements. When customUI is set to true, default upload and cancel links are not rendered and its up to you to handle these events if you want using the client side api. Therere two simple methods upload() and clear() that you can use to plug-in your own UI. Filter Configuration FileUpload filters default settings can be configured with init parameters. Two configuration options exist, threshold size and temporary file upload location.
Parameter Name thresholdSize uploadDirectory Description Maximum file size in bytes to keep uploaded files in memory. If a file exceeds this limit, itll be temporarily written to disk. Disk repository path to keep temporary files that exceeds the threshold size. By default it is System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir")
An example configuration below defined thresholdSize to be 50kb and uploads to users temporary folder.
<filter> <filter-name>PrimeFaces FileUpload Filter</filter-name> <filter-class> org.primefaces.webapp.filter.FileUploadFilter </filter-class> <init-param> <param-name>thresholdSize</param-name> <param-value>51200</param-value> </init-param> <init-param> <param-name>uploadDirectory</param-name> <param-value>/Users/primefaces/temp</param-value> </init-param> </filter>
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3.35 Focus
Focus is a handy component that makes it easy to manage the element focus on a JSF page. Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class focus org.primefaces.component.focus.FocusTag org.primefaces.component.focus.Focus org.primefaces.component.Focus.FocusTag org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.FocusRenderer org.primefaces.component.focus.FocusRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Specifies the exact component to set focus The root component to start first input search. Minimum severity level to be used when finding the first invalid component
binding for context minSeverity
null null null error
Getting started with Focus In its simplest form, focus is enabled by just placing the component on the page as;
<p:focus />
Thats it, now lets add some input components to give something to focus on.
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Input Focus You dont need to explicitly define the component to receive focus as by default focus will find the first enabled and visible input component on page. Input component can be any element such as input, textarea and select. Following is a simple example;
<h:form> <p:panel id="panel" header="Register"> <p:focus /> <p:messages /> <h:panelGrid columns="3"> <h:outputLabel for="firstname" value="Firstname: *" /> <h:inputText id="firstname" value="#{pprBean.firstname}" required="true" label="Firstname" /> <p:message for="firstname" /> <h:outputLabel for="surname" value="Surname: *" /> <h:inputText id="surname" value="#{pprBean.surname}" required="true" label="Surname"/> <p:message for="surname" /> </h:panelGrid> <p:commandButton value="Submit" update="panel" actionListener="#{pprBean.savePerson}" /> </p:panel> </h:form>
When this page initially opens, input text with id "firstname" will receive focus as it is the first input component. Validation Aware Another useful feature of focus is that when validations fail, first invalid component will receive a focus. So in previous example if firstname field is valid but surname field has no input, a validation error will be raised for surname, in this case focus will be set on surname field implicitly. Note that for this feature to work on ajax requests, you need to update p:focus component as well. Explicit Focus Additionally, using for attribute focus can be set explicitly on an input component which is useful when using a dialog.
<p:focus for="text"/> <h:inputText id="text" value="{bean.value}" />
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3.36 Galleria
Galleria is used to display a set of images.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class galleria org.primefaces.component.galleria.Galleria org.primefaces.component.Galleria org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.GalleriaRenderer org.primefaces.component.galleria.GalleriaRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the widge to access client side api. Inline style of the container element. Style class of the container element. Name of animation to use. Duration of animation in milliseconds.
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binding widgetVar style styleClass effect effectSpeed
null null null null fade 700
Object String String String String Integer
Getting Started with Galleria Images to displayed are defined as children of galleria;
<p:galleria effect="slide" effectDuration="1000"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/image1.jpg" title="image1" <p:graphicImage value="/images/image2.jpg" title="image1" <p:graphicImage value="/images/image3.jpg" title="image1" <p:graphicImage value="/images/image4.jpg" title="image1" </p:galleria>
alt="image1 desc" /> alt=" image2 desc" /> alt=" image3 desc" /> alt=" image4 desc" />
Galleria displays the details of an image using an overlay which is displayed by clicking the information icon. Title of this popup is retrieved from the image title attribute and description from alt attribute so it is suggested to provide these attributes as well. Dynamic Collection Most of the time, you would need to display a dynamic set of images rather than defining each image declaratively. For this you can use ui:repeat.
<p:galleria> <ui:repeat value="#{galleriaBean.images}" var="image"> <p:graphicImage value="#{image.path}" title="#{image.title}" alt="#{image.description}" /> </ui:repeat> </p:galleria>
Effects There are four different options for the animation to display when switching images; fade (default) flash pulse slide
By default animation takes 700 milliseconds, use effectDuration option to tune this.
<p:galleria effect="slide" effectDuration="1000"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/image1.jpg" title="image1" <p:graphicImage value="/images/image2.jpg" title="image1" <p:graphicImage value="/images/image3.jpg" title="image1" <p:graphicImage value="/images/image4.jpg" title="image1" </p:galleria>
alt="image1 desc" /> alt=" image2 desc" /> alt=" image3 desc" /> alt=" image4 desc" />
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Skinning Galleria resides in a main container element which style and styleClass options apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-galleria-container .ui-galleria-stage .ui-galleria-thumbnails-container .ui-galleria-thumbnails-list .ui-galleria-thumbnails .ui-galleria-image .ui-galleria-counter .ui-galleria-info .ui-galleria-text .ui-galleria-title .ui-galleria-description .ui-galleria-image-thumb-nav-left .ui-galleria-image-thumb-nav-right Applies Container element for galleria. Container displaying actual images. Container displaying thumbnail images. Thumbnail images list Each thumbnail in list Text showing image index/total Info overlay container Text in info overlay. Info title Info description Left thumbnail navigator Right thumbnail navigator
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3.37 GMap
GMap component is built on Google Maps API Version 3. Gmap is highly integrated with JSF development model and enhanced with Ajax capabilities.
Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class gmap org.primefaces.component.gmap.GMapTag org.primefaces.component.gmap.GMap org.primefaces.component.Gmap org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.GmapRenderer org.primefaces.component.gmap.GmapRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean.
binding
null
Object
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Name widgetVar model style styleClass type center zoom onOverlaySelectUpdate onOverlaySelectStart onOverlaySelectComplete overlaySelectListener stateChangeListener onStateChangeUpdate pointSelectListener onPointSelectUpdate markerDragListener onMarkerDragUpdate streetView disableDefaultUI navigationControl mapTypeControl draggable disabledDoubleClickZoom onPointClick
Default null null null null null null 8 null null null null null null null null null null FALSE FALSE TRUE TRUE TRUE FALSE null
Type String MapModel String String String String Integer String String String MethodExpr MethodExpr String MethodExpr String MethodExpr String Boolean Boolean Boolean Boolean Boolean Boolean String
Description Name of the client side widget. An org.primefaces.model.MapModel instance. Inline style of the map container. Style class of the map container. Type of the map. Center point of the map. Defines the initial zoom level. Component(s) to update with ajax when an overlay is selected. Javascript callback to execute before ajax request to select an overlay begins. Javascript callback to execute after ajax request to select an overlay completes. Server side listener to invoke when an overlay is selected with ajax. Server side listener to invoke when stated of the map is changed. Component(s) to update with ajax when state of the map is changed. Server side listener to invoke when a point on map is selected. Component(s) to update with ajax when a point on map is selected. Server side listener to invoke when a marker on map is dragged. Component(s) to update with ajax when a marker on map is dragged. Controls street view support. Disables default UI controls Defines visibility of navigation control. Defines visibility of map type control. Defines draggability of map. Disables zooming on mouse double click. Javascript callback to execute when a point on map is clicked.
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Getting started with GMap First thing to do is placing V3 of the Google Maps API that the GMap based on. Ideal location is the head section of your page.
<script src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=true|false" type="text/javascript"></script>
As Google Maps api states, mandatory sensor parameter is used to specify if your application requires a sensor like GPS locator. Also you dont need an api key anymore with the V3 api. Four options are required to place a gmap on a page, these are center, zoom, type and style.
<p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="hybrid" style="width:600px;height:400px" />
center: Center of the map in lat, lng format zoom: Zoom level of the map type: Type of map, valid values are, "hybrid", "satellite", "hybrid" and "terrain". style: Dimensions of the map. MapModel GMap is backed by an org.primefaces.model.map.MapModel instance, PrimeFaces provides org.primefaces.model.map.DefaultMapModel as the default implementation. API Docs of all GMap related model classes are available at the end of GMap section and also at javadocs of PrimeFaces. Markers A marker is represented by org.primefaces.model.map.Marker class and can be displayed on a map using a MapModel.
<p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="hybrid" style="width:600px;height:400px" model="#{mapBean.model}"/>
public class MapBean { private MapModel model = new DefaultMapModel(); public MapBean() { model.addOverlay(new Marker(new LatLng(36.879466, 30.667648), "M1")); //more overlays } public MapModel getModel() { return this.model; } }
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Polylines A polyline is represented by org.primefaces.model.map.Polyline and can be displayed on a map using a MapModel.
public class MapBean { private MapModel model; public MapBean() { model = new DefaultMapModel(); Polyline polyline = new Polyline(); polyline.getPaths().add(new LatLng(36.879466, polyline.getPaths().add(new LatLng(36.883707, polyline.getPaths().add(new LatLng(36.879703, polyline.getPaths().add(new LatLng(36.885233, model.addOverlay(polyline); } public MapModel getModel() { return this.model; } }
30.667648)); 30.689216)); 30.706707)); 37.702323));
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Polygons A polygon is represented by org.primefaces.model.map.Polygon and can be displayed on a map using a MapModel.
public class MapBean { private MapModel model; public MapBean() { model = new DefaultMapModel(); Polygon polygon = new Polygon(); polyline.getPaths().add(new LatLng(36.879466, 30.667648)); polyline.getPaths().add(new LatLng(36.883707, 30.689216)); polyline.getPaths().add(new LatLng(36.879703, 30.706707)); model.addOverlay(polygon); } public MapModel getModel() { return this.model; } }
Overlay Selection Overlays such as markers, polylines and polygons can respond to selection by invoking a server side overlaySelectListener with ajax, passing an overlaySelectEvent that contains a reference to the selected overlay. Optionally other components can be updated with ajax using onOverlaySelectUpdate attribute. onOverlaySelectStart and onOverlaySelectComplete are optional client side callbacks. Following example displays a FacesMessage about the selected marker with growl component.
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<h:form> <p:growl id="growl" /> <p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="hybrid" style="width:600px;height:400px" model="#{mapBean.model}" overlaySelectListener="#{mapBean.onMarkerSelect}" onOverlaySelectUpdate="growl"/>
</h:form>
public class MapBean { private MapModel model; public MapBean() { model = new DefaultMapModel(); //add markers } public MapModel getModel() { return model } public void onMarkerSelect(OverlaySelectEvent event) { Marker marker = (Marker) event.getOverlay(); //add facesmessage } }
InfoWindow A common use case is displaying an info window when a marker is selected. gmapInfoWindow is used to implement this special use case. Following example, displays an info window that contains an image of the selected marker data.
<h:form> <p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="hybrid" style="width:600px;height:400px" model="#{mapBean.model}" overlaySelectListener="#{mapBean.onMarkerSelect}"> <p:gmapInfoWindow> <p:graphicImage value="/images/#{mapBean.marker.data.image}" /> <h:outputText value="#{mapBean.marker.data.title}" /> </p:gmapInfoWindow> </p:gmap>
</h:form>
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public class MapBean { private MapModel model; private Marker marker; public MapBean() { model = new DefaultMapModel(); //add markers } public MapModel getModel() { return model; } public Marker getMarker() { return marker; } public void onMarkerSelect(OverlaySelectEvent event) { this.marker = (Marker) event.getOverlay(); } }
Draggable Markers When a draggable marker is dragged and dropped, a server side markerDragListener can be invoked, passing a MarkerDragEvent that contains a reference to the dragged marker whose position is updated already. Optional onMarkerDragUpdate options enables updating other component(s) on page after marker is dropped to its new location.
<h:form> <p:growl id="growl" /> <p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="hybrid" style="width:600px;height:400px" model="#{mapBean.model}" markerDragListener="#{mapBean.onMarkerDrag}" onMarkerDragUpdate="growl"/>
</h:form>
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public class MapBean { private MapModel model; public MapBean() { model = new DefaultMapModel(); //create model with draggable markers } public MapModel getModel() { return model;} public void onMarkerDrag(MarkerDragEvent event) { Marker marker = (Marker) event.getMarker(); //add facesmessage } }
Map Events GMap itself can respond to events like drag and zoom change. When map state changes a server side stateChangeListener is invoked by passing a StateChangeEvent that contains information about new map state. Optional onStateChangeUpdate option enables updating other components on page after state change listener is invoked with ajax.
<h:form> <p:growl id="growl" /> <p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="hybrid" style="width:600px;height:400px" model="#{mapBean.model}" stateChangeListener="#{mapBean.onStateChange}" onStateChangeUpdate="growl"/> </h:form>
public class MapBean { private MapModel model; public MapBean() { model = new DefaultMapModel(); //create model with draggable markers } public MapModel getModel() { return model; } public void onStateChange(StateChangeEvent event) { int zoom = event.getZoomLevel(); LatLngBounds bounds = event.getBounds(); //add facesmessage } }
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Point Selection When a point with no overlay is selected, a server side pointSelectListener can be invoked passing a PointSelectEvent that contains information about the selected point. Optional onPointUpdate attribute allows updating other components on page after pointSelectListener is invoked with ajax.
<h:form> <p:growl id="growl" /> <p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="hybrid" style="width:600px;height:400px" model="#{mapBean.model}" pointSelectListener="#{mapBean.onPointSelect}" onPointSelectUpdate="growl"/> </h:form>
public class MapBean { private MapModel model; public MapBean() { model = new DefaultMapModel(); //create model } public MapModel getModel() { return model; } public void onPointSelect(PointSelectEvent event) { LatLng location = event.getLatLng(); //add facesmessage } }
Street View StreeView is enabled simply by setting streetView option to true.

<p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="hybrid" style="width:600px;height:400px" streetView="true" />
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Map Controls Controls on map can be customized via attributes like navigationControl and mapTypeControl. Alternatively setting disableDefaultUI to true will remove all controls at once.
<p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="terrain" style="width:600px;height:400px" mapTypeControl="false" navigationControl="false" />
Map inside Hidden Container When map is placed inside an initially hidden container like a dialog or tabview, like other components that do dimension calculation, it cannot work properly. Workaround is to calculate the map dimensions using checkResize() method when the container becomes visible. Following example demonstrates how to properly display gmap in a modal dialog;
<p:commandButton type="button" value="Show Map" onclick="dlg.show()" /> <p:dialog widgetVar="dlg" width="625" height="450" modal="true" onShow="mymap.checkResize()"> <p:gmap center="41.381542, 2.122893" zoom="15" type="HYBRID" style="width:600px;height:400px" widgetVar="mymap"/> </p:dialog>
onShow callback of dialog is a perfect place to execute checkResize on map. Native Google Maps API In case you need to access native google maps api with javascript, use provided getMap() method.
var gmap = yourWidgetVar.getMap(); //gmap is a google.maps.Map instance
Full map api is provided at; http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/javascript/reference.html

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GMap API org.primefaces.model.map.MapModel (org.primefaces.model.map.DefaultMapModel is the default implementation)

Method addOverlay(Overlay overlay) List<Marker> getMarkers() List<Polyline> getPolylines() List<Polygon> getPolygons() Overlay findOverlay(String id) Adds an overlay to map Returns the list of markers Returns the list of polylines Returns the list of polygons Finds an overlay by its unique id Description
org.primefaces.model.map.Overlay
Property id data Default null null Type String Object Description Id of the overlay, generated and used internally Data represented in marker
org.primefaces.model.map.Marker extends org.primefaces.model.map.Overlay

Property title latlng icon shadow cursor draggable clickable flat visible Default null null null null pointer FALSE TRUE FALSE TRUE Type String LatLng String String String Boolean Boolean Boolean Boolean Description Text to display on rollover Location of the marker Icon of the foreground Shadow image of the marker Cursor to display on rollover Defines if marker can be dragged Defines if marker can be dragged If enabled, shadow image is not displayed Defines visibility of the marker
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org.primefaces.model.map.Polyline extends org.primefaces.model.map.Overlay

Property paths strokeColor strokeOpacity strokeWeight Default null null 1 1 List String Double Integer Type List of coordinates Color of a line Opacity of a line Width of a line Description
org.primefaces.model.map.Polygon extends org.primefaces.model.map.Overlay

Property paths strokeColor strokeOpacity strokeWeight fillColor fillOpacity Default null null 1 1 null 1 List String Double Integer String Double Type List of coordinates Color of a line Opacity of a line Width of a line Background color of the polygon Opacity of the polygon Description
org.primefaces.model.map.LatLng
Property lat lng Default null null Type double double Description Latitude of the coordinate Longitude of the coordinate
org.primefaces.model.map.LatLngBounds
Property center northEast southWest Default null null null Type LatLng LatLng LatLng Description Center coordinate of the boundary NorthEast coordinate of the boundary SouthWest coordinate of the boundary
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GMap Event API All classes in event api extends from javax.faces.event.FacesEvent. org.primefaces.event.map.MarkerDragEvent
Property marker Default null Type Marker Description Dragged marker instance
org.primefaces.event.map.OverlaySelectEvent
Property overlay Default null Type Overlay Description Selected overlay instance
org.primefaces.event.map.PointSelectEvent
Property latLng Default null Type LatLng Description Coordinates of the selected point
org.primefaces.event.map.StateChangeEvent
Property bounds zoomLevel Default null 0 Type LatLngBounds Integer Description Boundaries of the map Zoom level of the map
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3.38 GMapInfoWindow
GMapInfoWindow is used with GMap component to open a window on map when an overlay is selected.
Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family gmapInfoWindow org.primefaces.component.gmap.GMapInfoWindowTag org.primefaces.component.gmap.GMapInfoWindow org.primefaces.component.GMapInfoWindow org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Maximum width of the info window
binding maxWidth
null null
Object Integer
Getting started with GMapInfoWindow See GMap section for more information about how gmapInfoWindow is used.
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3.39 GraphicImage
PrimeFaces GraphicImage extends standard JSF graphic image component with the ability of displaying binary data like an inputstream. Main use cases of GraphicImage is to make displaying images stored in database or on-the-fly images easier. Legacy way to do this is to come up with a Servlet that does the streaming, GraphicImage does all the hard work without the need of a Servlet. Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class graphicImage org.primefaces.component.graphicimage.GraphicImageTag org.primefaces.component.graphicimage.GraphicImage org.primefaces.component.GraphicImage org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.GraphicImageRenderer org.primefaces.component.graphicimage.GraphicImageRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Binary data to stream or context relative path. Alternate text for the image Alias to value attribute Width of the image Height of the image Title of the image Direction of the text displayed Language code Specifies to use a server-side image map Name of the client side map
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binding value alt url width height title dir lang ismap usemap
null null null null null null null null null FALSE null
Object Object String String String String String String String Boolean String
Name style styleClass onclick ondblclick onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup cache
Default null null null null null null null null null null null null TRUE
Type String String String String String String String String String String String String String Style of the image
Description
Style class of the image onclick dom event handler ondblclick dom event handler onkeydown dom event handler onkeypress dom event handler onkeyup dom event handler onmousedown dom event handler onmousemove dom event handler onmouseout dom event handler onmouseover dom event handler onmouseup dom event handler Enables/Disables browser from caching the image
Getting started with GraphicImage GraphicImage requires a org.primefaces.model.StreamedContent content as its value. StreamedContent is an interface and PrimeFaces provides a ready implementation called DefaultStreamedContent. Following examples loads an image from the classpath.
<p:graphicImage value="#{imageBean.image}" />
public class ImageBean { } private StreamedContent image; public DynamicImageController() { InputStream stream = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream("barcalogo.jpg"); image = new DefaultStreamedContent(stream, "image/jpeg"); } public StreamedContent getImage() { return this.image; }
DefaultStreamedContent gets an inputstream as the first parameter and mime type as the second. Please see the javadocs if you require more information.
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In a real life application, you can create the inputstream after reading the image from the database. For example java.sql.ResultsSet API has the getBinaryStream() method to read blob files stored in database. Displaying Charts with JFreeChart StreamedContent is a powerful API that can display images created on-the-fly as well. Heres an example that generates a chart with JFreeChart and displays it with p:graphicImage.
<p:graphicImage value="#{chartBean.chart}" />
public class ChartBean { } private StreamedContent chart; public BackingBean() { try { JFreeChart jfreechart = ChartFactory.createPieChart( "Turkish Cities", createDataset(), true, true, false); File chartFile = new File("dynamichart"); ChartUtilities.saveChartAsPNG(chartFile, jfreechart, 375, 300); chart = new DefaultStreamedContent( new FileInputStream(chartFile), "image/png"); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } private PieDataset createDataset() { DefaultPieDataset dataset = new DefaultPieDataset(); dataset.setValue("Istanbul", new Double(45.0)); dataset.setValue("Ankara", new Double(15.0)); dataset.setValue("Izmir", new Double(25.2)); dataset.setValue("Antalya", new Double(14.8)); } return dataset;
public StreamedContent getChart() { return this.chart; }
Basically p:graphicImage makes any JSF chart component using JFreechart obsolete and lets you to avoid wrappers(e.g. JSF ChartCreator project which weve created in the past) to take full advantage of JFreechart API.
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Displaying a Barcode Similar to the chart example, a barcode can be generated as well. This sample uses barbecue project for the barcode API.
<p:graphicImage value="#{backingBean.barcode}" />
public class BarcodeBean { } private StreamedContent barcode; public BackingBean() { try { File barcodeFile = new File("dynamicbarcode"); BarcodeImageHandler.saveJPEG( BarcodeFactory.createCode128("PRIMEFACES"), barcodeFile); barcode = new DefaultStreamedContent( new FileInputStream(barcodeFile), "image/jpeg"); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } } public BarcodeBean getBarcode() { return this.barcode; }
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Passing Parameters Behind the scenes, dynamic images are generated by a different request whose format is defined initially by the graphicImage. Suppose you want to generate different images depending on a request parameter. Problem is the request parameter can only be available at initial load of page containing the graphicImage, youd lose the value of the parameter for the actual request that generates the image. To solve this, you can pass request parameters to the graphicImage via f:param tags, as a result the actual request rendering the image can have access to these values. Displaying Regular Images As GraphicImage extends standard graphicImage component, it can also display regular non dynamic images.
<p:graphicImage value="barcalogo.jpg" />
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3.40 GraphicText
GraphicText can convert any text to an image format in runtime. Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class graphicText org.primefaces.component.graphictext.GraphicTextTag org.primefaces.component.graphictext.GraphicText org.primefaces.component.GraphicText org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.GraphicTextRenderer org.primefaces.component.graphictext.GraphicTextRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Text value to render as an image Name of the font. Style of the font, valid values are "bold", "italic" or "plain". Size of the font. Alternate text for the image Alias to value attribute Title of the image Style of the image Style class of the image onclick dom event handler ondblclick dom event handler
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binding value fontName fontStyle fontSize alt url title style styleClass onclick ondblclick
null null Verdana plain 12 null null null null null null null
Object Object String String Integer String String String String String String String
Name onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup
Default null null null null null null null null
Type String String String String String String String String
Description onkeydown dom event handler onkeypress dom event handler onkeyup dom event handler onmousedown dom event handler onmousemove dom event handler onmouseout dom event handler onmouseover dom event handler onmouseup dom event handler
Getting started with GraphicText GraphicText only requires the text value to display.
<p:graphicText value="PrimeFaces" />
Font Settings Font of the text in generated image is configured via font* attributes.
<p:graphicText value="PrimeFaces" fontName="Arial" fontSize="14" fontStyle="bold"/>
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3.41 Growl
Growl is based on the Macs growl notification widget and used to display FacesMessages similar to h:messages.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class growl org.primefaces.component.growl.Growl org.primefaces.component.Growl org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.GrowlRenderer org.primefaces.component.growl.GrowlRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered null TRUE Default Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Specifies if the message should stay instead of hidden automatically. Specifies if the summary of message should be displayed. Specifies if the detail of message should be displayed. When true, only facesmessages without clientids are displayed. Duration in milliseconds to display non-sticky messages.
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binding sticky showSummary showDetail globalOnly life
null FALSE TRUE FALSE FALSE 6000
Object Boolean Boolean Boolean Boolean Integer
Name warnIcon infoIcon errorIcon fatalIcon null null null null
Default
Type String String String String
Description Image of the warning messages. Image of the info messages. Image of the error messages. Image of the fatal messages.
Getting Started with Growl Growl is a replacement of h:messages and usage is very similar indeed. Simply place growl anywhere on your page, since messages are displayed as an overlay, the location of growl in JSF page does not matter.
<p:growl />
Lifetime of messages By default each message will be displayed for 6000 ms and then hidden. A message can be made sticky meaning itll never be hidden automatically.
<p:growl sticky="true" />
If growl is not working in sticky mode, its also possible to tune the duration of displaying messages. Following growl will display the messages for 5 seconds and then fade-out.
<p:growl life="5000" />
Growl with Ajax Updates If you need to display messages with growl after an ajax request you just need to update it.
<p:growl id="messages"/> <p:commandButton value="Submit" update="messages" />
Positioning Growl is positioned at top right corner by default, position can be controlled with a CSS selector called ui-growl.
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.ui-growl { left:20px; }
With this setting growl will be located at top left corner. Skinning Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-growl .ui-growl-item-container .ui-growl-item .ui-growl-image .ui-growl-message .ui-growl-title .ui-growl-message p Applies Main container element of growl Container of messages Container of a message Severity icon Text message container Summary of the message Detail of the message
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3.42 HotKey
HotKey is a generic key binding component that can bind any formation of keys to javascript event handlers or ajax calls. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class hotkey org.primefaces.component.hotkey.HotKey org.primefaces.component.HotKey org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.HotKeyRenderer org.primefaces.component.hotkey.HotKeyRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean The Key binding. Javascript event handler to be executed when the key binding is pressed. A method expression thatd be processed in the partial request caused by uiajax. An actionlistener thatd be processed in the partial request caused by uiajax. Boolean value that determines the phaseId, when true actions are processed at apply_request_values, when false at invoke_application phase. When set to true, ajax requests are not queued. Component id(s) to process partially instead of whole view. Client side id of the component(s) to be updated after async partial submit request.
binding bind handler action actionListener immediate
null null null null null FALSE
Object String String MethodExpr MethodExpr Boolean
async process update
FALSE null null
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Name onstart oncomplete onsuccess onerror global
Default null null null null TRUE String String String String
Type
Description Javascript handler to execute before ajax request is begins. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request is completed. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request succeeds. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request fails. Global ajax requests are listened by ajaxStatus component, setting global to false will not trigger ajaxStatus.
Boolean
Getting Started with HotKey HotKey is used in two ways, either on client side with the event handler or with ajax support. Simplest example would be;
<p:hotkey bind="a" handler="alert(Pressed a);" />
When this hotkey is on page, pressing the a key will alert the Pressed key a text. Key combinations Most of the time youd need key combinations rather than a single key.
<p:hotkey bind="ctrl+s" handler="alert(Pressed ctrl+s);" />
<p:hotkey bind="ctrl+shift+s" handler="alert(Pressed ctrl+shift+s)" />
Integration Heres an example demonstrating how to integrate hotkeys with a client side api. Using left and right keys will switch the images displayed via the p:imageSwitch component.
<p:hotkey bind="left" handler="switcher.previous();" /> <p:hotkey bind="right" handler="switcher.next();" /> <p:imageSwitch widgetVar="switcher"> //content </p:imageSwitch>
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Ajax Support Ajax is a built-in feature of hotKeys meaning you can do ajax calls with key combinations. Following form can be submitted with the ctrl+shift+s combination.
<h:form> <p:hotkey bind="ctrl+shift+s" update="display" /> <h:panelGrid columns="2"> <h:outputLabel for="name" value="Name:" /> <h:inputText id="name" value="#{bean.name}" /> </h:panelGrid> <h:outputText id="dsplay" value="Hello: #{bean.firstname}" /> </h:form>
Note that hotkey must be nested inside a form to use the ajax support. Were also planning to add built-in hotkey support for p:commandButton and p:commandLink since hotkeys are a common use case for command components.
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3.43 IdleMonitor
IdleMonitor watches user actions on a page and notify several callbacks in case they go idle or active again.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class idleMonitor org.primefaces.component.idlemonitor.IdleMonitor org.primefaces.component.IdleMonitor org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.IdleMonitorRenderer org.primefaces.component.idlemonitor.IdleMonitor
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Time to wait in milliseconds until deciding if the user is idle. Default is 5 minutes. Client side callback to execute when user goes idle. Client side callback to execute when user goes idle.
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binding timeout onidle onactive
null 300000 null null
Object Integer String String
Name idleListener update widgetVar
Type MethodExpr String String
Description Server side event to be executed in case user goes idle. Component(s) to update after processing a server side IdleEvent. Name of the client side widget.
Getting Started with IdleMonitor To begin with, you can listen to events that are called when a user goes idle or becomes active again. Example below displays a warning dialog onidle and hides it back when user moves the mouse or uses the keyboard.
<p:idleMonitor onidle="idleDialog.show();" onactive="idleDialog.hide();"/> <p:dialog header="What's happening?" widgetVar="idleDialog" modal="true" fixedCenter="true" close="false" width="400px" visible="true"> <h:outputText value="Dude, are you there?" /> </p:dialog>
Controlling Timeout By default, idleMonitor waits for 5 minutes (300000 ms) until triggering the onidle event. You can customize this duration with the timeout attribute. IdleListener Most of the time you may need to be notified on server side as well about IdleEvents so that necessary actions like invalidating the session or logging can be done. For this purpose use the idleListeners that are notified with ajax. A conventional idleEvent is passed as parameter to the idleListener.
<p:idleMonitor idleListener="#{idleMonitorController.handleIdle}"/>
handleIdle is a simple method thats defined in idleMonitorController bean.

public void handleIdle(IdleEvent event) { //Invalidate user }
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AJAX Update IdleMonitor uses PrimeFaces PPR to update the dom with the server response after an idleListener is notified. Example below adds a message and updates an outputText.
<h:form> <p:idleMonitor idleListener="#{idleMonitorController.handleIdle}" update="msgs"/> <p:messages id="msgs" /> </h:form>
public class IdleMonitorController { public void idleListener(IdleEvent event) { //Add facesmessage } }
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3.44 ImageCompare
ImageCompare provides a rich user interface to compare two images.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class imageCompare org.primefaces.component.imagecompare.ImageCompare org.primefaces.component.ImageCompare org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ImageCompareRenderer org.primefaces.component.imagecompare.ImageCompareRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean
binding
null
Object
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Name leftImage rightImage width height style styleClass
Default null null null null null null
Type String String String String String String
Description Source of the image placed on the left side Source of the image placed on the right side Width of the images Height of the images Style of the image container element Style class of the image container element
Getting started with ImageCompare ImageCompare is created with two images with same height and width.
<p:imageCompare leftImage="xbox.png" rightImage="ps3.png" width="438" height="246"/>
It is required to always set width and height of the images. Skinning Both images are placed inside a div container element, style and styleClass attributes apply to this element.
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3.45 ImageCropper
ImageCropper allows cropping a certain region of an image. A new image is created containing the cropped area and assigned to a CroppedImage instanced on the server side.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class imageCropper org.primefaces.component. imagecropper.ImageCropper org.primefaces.component.ImageCropper org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ImageCropperRenderer org.primefaces.component.imagecropper.ImageCropperRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id
null null null
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Name immediate
Default FALSE
Type Boolean
Description When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Context relative path to the image. Name of the client side widget. Alternate text of the image. Aspect ratio of the cropper area. Minimum size of the cropper area. Maximum size of the cropper area. Background color of the container. Background opacity of the container Initial coordinates of the cropper area.
required validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage image widgetVar alt aspectRatio minSize maxSize backgroundColor backgroundOpacity initialCoords
FALSE null null null null null null null null null null null null 0.6 null
Boolean MethodExpr ValueChange Listener String String String String String String Double String String String Double String
Getting started with the ImageCropper Image to be cropped is provided via the image attribute. ImageCropper is an input component and the cropped area of the original image is used to create a new image, this new image can be accessed on the server side jsf backing bean by setting the value attribute of the image cropper. Assuming the image is at %WEBAPP_ROOT%/campnou.jpg
<p:imageCropper value="#{cropper.croppedImage}" image="/campnou.jpg" />
public class Cropper { private CroppedImage croppedImage; //getter and setter }
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org.primefaces.model.CroppedImage belongs a PrimeFaces api and contains handy information about the crop process. Following table describes CroppedImage properties.
Property originalFileName bytes left right width height Type String byte[] int int int int Description Name of the original file thats cropped Contents of the cropped area as a byte array Left coordinate Right coordinate Width of the cropped image Height of the cropped image
External Images ImageCropper has the ability to crop external images as well.
<p:imageCropper value="#{cropper.croppedImage}" image="http://primefaces.prime.com.tr/en/images/schema.png"> </p:imageCropper>
Context Relative Path For local images, ImageCropper always requires the image path to be context relative. So to accomplish this simply just add slash ("/path/to/image.png") and imagecropper will recognize it at %WEBAPP_ROOT%/path/to/image.png. Action url relative local images are not supported. Initial Coordinates By default, user action is necessary to initiate the cropper area on an image, you can specify an initial area to display on page load using initialCoords option in x,y,w,h format.
<p:imageCropper value="#{cropper.croppedImage}" image="/campnou.jpg" initialCoords="225,75,300,125"/>
Boundaries minSize and maxSize attributes are control to limit the size of the area to crop.
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<p:imageCropper value="#{cropper.croppedImage}" image="/campnou.jpg" minSize="50,100" maxSize="150,200"/>
Saving Images
<p:imageCropper value="#{cropper.croppedImage}" image="/campnou.jpg" /> <p:commandButton value="Crop" actionListener="#{myBean.crop}" />
public class Cropper { private CroppedImage croppedImage; //getter and setter public String crop() { ServletContext servletContext = (ServletContext) FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().getExternalContext().getContext(); String newFileName = servletContext.getRealPath("") + File.separator + "ui" + File.separator + "barca" + File.separator+ croppedImage.getOriginalFileName() + "cropped.jpg"; FileImageOutputStream imageOutput; try { imageOutput = new FileImageOutputStream(new File(newFileName)); imageOutput.write(croppedImage.getBytes(), 0, croppedImage.getBytes().length); imageOutput.close(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return null; } }
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3.46 ImageSwitch
Imageswitch component is used to enable switching between a set of images with nice effects. ImageSwitch also provides a simple client side api for flexibility.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class imageSwitch org.primefaces.component.imageswitch.ImageSwitch org.primefaces.component.ImageSwitch org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ImageSwitchRenderer org.primefaces.component.imageswitch.ImageSwitchRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the effect for transition. Speed of the effect in milliseconds. Slideshow speed in milliseconds. Starts slideshow automatically on page load. Style of the main container. Style class of the main container.
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binding effect speed slideshowSpeed slideshowAuto style styleClass
null null 500 3000 TRUE null null
Object String Integer Integer Boolean String String
Getting started with ImageSwitch ImageSwitch component needs a set of images to display. Provide the image collection as a set of children components.
<p:imageSwitch effect="FlyIn" widgetVar="imageswitch"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature1.jpg" /> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature2.jpg" /> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature3.jpg" /> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature4.jpg" /> </p:imageSwitch>
Most of the time, images would be dynamic, ui:repeat is supported to implement this case.
<p:imageSwitch widgetVar="imageswitch"> <ui:repeat value="#{bean.images}" var="image"> <p:graphicImage value="#{image}" /> </ui:repeat> </p:imageSwitch>
Slideshow or Manual ImageSwitch is in slideShow mode by default, if youd like manual transitions disable slideshow and use client side api to create controls.
<p:imageSwitch effect="FlyIn" widgetVar="imageswitch"> //images </p:imageSwitch> <span onclick="imageswitch.previous();">Previous</span> <span onclick="imageswitch.next();">Next</span>
Client Side API

Method void previous() void next() void startSlideshow() void stopSlideshow() voud pauseSlideshow(); void toggleSlideShow() Description Switches to previous image. Switches to next image. Starts slideshow mode. Stops slideshow mode. Pauses slideshow mode. Toggles slideshow mode.
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Effect Speed The speed is considered in terms of milliseconds and specified via the speed attribute.
<p:imageSwitch effect="FlipOut" speed="150" widgetVar="imageswitch" > //set of images </p:imageSwitch>
List of Effects ImageSwitch supports a wide range of transition effects. Following is the full list, note that values are case sensitive. blindX blindY blindZ cover curtainX curtainY fade fadeZoom growX growY none scrollUp scrollDown scrollLeft scrollRight scrollVert shuffle slideX slideY toss turnUp turnDown turnLeft turnRight uncover wipe zoom
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3.47 Inplace
Inplace provides easy inplace editing and inline content display. Inplace consists of two members, display element is the inital clickable label and inline element is the hidden content thatll be displayed when display element is toggled.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class inplace org.primefaces.component.inplace.Inplace org.primefaces.component.Inplace org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.InplaceRenderer org.primefaces.component.inplace.InplaceRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Label to be shown in display mode. Label to be shown in display mode when value is empty. Effect to be used when toggling. Speed of the effect. Prevents hidden content to be shown. Inline style of the main container element. Style class of the main container element. Specifies the editor mode. Tooltip text of save buttin in editor mode.
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binding label emptyLabel effect effectSpeed disabled style styleClass editor saveLabel
null null null fade normal FALSE null null FALSE Save
Object String String String String Boolean String String Boolean String
Name cancelLabel onEditUpdate event saveListener widgetVar
Default Cancel null click null null
Type String String String MethodExpr String
Description Tooltip text of cancel buttin in editor mode. Component(s) to update after ajax editing. Name of the client side event to display inline content. Server side callback to execute during ajax editing. Name of the client side widget.
Getting Started with Inplace The inline component needs to be a child of inplace.
<p:inplace> <h:inputText value="Edit me" /> </p:inplace>
Custom Labels By default inplace displays its first childs value as the label, you can customize it via the label attribute.
<h:outputText value="Select One:" /> <p:inplace label="Cities"> <h:selectOneMenu> <f:selectItem itemLabel="Istanbul" itemValue="Istanbul" /> <f:selectItem itemLabel="Ankara" itemValue="Ankara" /> </h:selectOneMenu> </p:inplace>
Effects Default effect is fade and other possible effect is slide, also effect speed can be tuned with values slow, normal and fast.
<p:inplace label="Show Image" effect="slide" effectSpeed="fast"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/nature1.jpg" /> </p:inplace>
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Ajax Editing Inplace has built-in support for ajax editing which is activated by editor option.
public class InplaceBean { private String text = "PrimeFaces"; public String getText() { return this.text; } public void setText(String text) { this.text = text; }
<p:inplace editor="true"> <h:inputText value="#{inplaceBean.text}" /> </p:inplace>
Save button will update the model with the new value and cancel button will revert changes. You might get notified when save button is clicked for cases like persisting changes, in this case use saveListener. Optionally other components on page can be update with onEditUpdate option, following example adds a facesmessage and updates growl component to display on save.
public class InplaceBean { private String text; public void handleSave() { //add faces message with update text value } public String getText() { return this.text; } public void setText(String text) { this.text = text; }
<p:inplace editor="true" saveListener="#{inplaceBean.handleSave}" onEditUpdate="msgs"> <h:inputText value="#{inplaceBean.text}" /> </p:inplace> <p:growl id="msgs" />
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Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.Inplace

Method show() hide() toggle() save() cancel() Params Return Type void void void void void Description Shows content and hides display element. Shows display element and hides content. Toggles visibility of between content and display element. Triggers an ajax request to process inplace input. Triggers an ajax request to revert inplace input.
Skinning Inplace resides in a main container element which style and styleClass options apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-inplace .ui-inplace-disabled .ui-inplace-display .ui-inplace-content .ui-inplace-editor .ui-inplace-save .ui-inplace-cancel Applies Main container element. Main container element when disabled. Display element. Inline content. Editor controls container. Save button. Cancel button.
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3.48 InputMask
InputMask forces an input to fit in a defined mask template.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class inputMask org.primefaces.component.inputmask.InputMask org.primefaces.component.InputMask org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.InputMaskRenderer org.primefaces.component.inputmask.InputMaskRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Mask template PlaceHolder in mask template. Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text
binding mask placeHolder value
null null null null
Object Integer String Object
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Name converter
Default null
Type Converter/ String
Description An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Name of the client side widget. Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the input element. Alternate textual description of the input field. Controls browser autocomplete behavior. Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables input field A localized user presentable name. Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component. Maximum number of characters that may be entered in this field. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when input element is clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element is double clicked.
immediate required validator valueChangeListen er requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage widgetVar accesskey alt autocomplete dir disabled label lang maxlength onblur onchange
FALSE FALSE null null null null null null null null null null FALSE null null null null null
Boolean Boolean MethodExpr MethodExpr String String String String String String String String Boolean String String Integer String String
onclick ondblclick
null null
String String
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Name onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup onselect readonly size style styleClass tabindex title
Default null null null null null null null null null null FALSE null null null null null
Type String String String String String String String String String String Boolean Integer String String Integer String
Description Client side callback to execute when input element receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over input element Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when text within input element is selected by user. Flag indicating that this component will prevent changes by the user. Number of characters used to determine the width of the input element. Inline style of the input element. Style class of the input element. Position of the input element in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton.
Getting Started with InputMask InputMask below enforces input to be in 99/99/9999 date format.
<p:inputMask value="#{bean.field}" mask="99/99/9999" />
Mask Samples Here are more samples based on different masks;

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<h:outputText value="Phone: " /> <p:inputMask value="#{maskController.phone}" mask="(999) 999-9999"/> <h:outputText value="Phone with Ext: " /> <p:inputMask value="#{maskController.phoneExt}" mask="(999) 999-9999? x99999"/> <h:outputText value="SSN: " /> <p:inputMask value="#{maskController.ssn}" mask="999-99-9999"/> <h:outputText value="Product Key: " /> <p:inputMask value="#{maskController.productKey}" mask="a*-999-a999"/>
Skinning style and styleClass options apply to the displayed input element. As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information. Here's an example based on a different theme;
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3.49 InputText
InputText is an extension to standard inputText with skinning capabilities.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class inputText org.primefaces.component.inputtext.InputText org.primefaces.component.InputText org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.InputTextRenderer org.primefaces.component.inputtext.InputTextRender
Attributes
Name id rendered binding value converter Default null TRUE null null null Type String Boolean Object Object Convert er/String Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails.
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immediate required validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage
FALSE FALSE null null null
Boolean Boolean Method Expr Method Expr String
Name converterMessage validatorMessage widgetVar accesskey alt autocomplete dir disabled label lang maxlength onblur onchange onclick ondblclick onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout
Default null null null null null null null FALSE null null null null null null null null null null null null null null
Type String String String String String String String Boolean String String Integer String String String String String String String String String String String
Description Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Name of the client side widget. Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the input element. Alternate textual description of the input field. Controls browser autocomplete behavior. Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables input field A localized user presentable name. Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component. Maximum number of characters that may be entered in this field. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when input element is clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element is double clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over input element Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from input element.
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Name onmouseover onmouseup onselect readonly size style styleClass tabindex title
Default null null null FALSE null null null null null
Type String String String Boolean Integer String String Integer String
Description Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when text within input element is selected by user. Flag indicating that this component will prevent changes by the user. Number of characters used to determine the width of the input element. Inline style of the input element. Style class of the input element. Position of the input element in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton.
Getting Started with InputText InputText usage is same as standard inputText;

<p:inputText value="#{bean.propertyName}" />
public class Bean { private String propertyName; } //getter and setter
Skinning style and styleClass options apply to the input element. As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information. Here's an example based on a different theme.
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3.50 InputTextarea
InputTextarea is an extension to standard inputTextara with skinning capabilities and auto growing.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class inputTextarea org.primefaces.component.inputtextarea.InputTextarea org.primefaces.component.InputTextarea org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.InputTextareaRenderer org.primefaces.component.inputtextarea.InputTextareaRender
Attributes
Name id rendered binding value converter Default null TRUE null null null Type String Boolean Object Object Convert er/String Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input
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immediate required validator
FALSE FALSE null
Boolean Boolean Method Expr
Name valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage widgetVar autoResize maxHeight effectDuration accesskey alt autocomplete dir disabled label lang maxlength onblur onchange onclick ondblclick onfocus onkeydown onkeypress
Default null null null null null TRUE 500 200 null null null null FALSE null null null null null null null null null null
Type Method Expr String String String String Boolean Integer Integer String String String String Boolean String String Integer String String String String String String String
Description A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Name of the client side widget. Specifies auto growing when being typed. Maximum height to grow automatically. Speed of the grow animation in milliseconds. Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the input element. Alternate textual description of the input field. Controls browser autocomplete behavior. Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables input field A localized user presentable name. Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component. Maximum number of characters that may be entered in this field. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when input element is clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element is double clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over input element.
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Name onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup onselect readonly size style styleClass tabindex title
Default null null null null null null null FALSE null null null null null
Type String String String String String String String Boolean Integer String String Integer String
Description Client side callback to execute when a key is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over input element Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when text within input element is selected by user. Flag indicating that this component will prevent changes by the user. Number of characters used to determine the width of the input element. Inline style of the input element. Style class of the input element. Position of the input element in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton.
Getting Started with InputTextarea InputTextarea usage is same as standard inputTextarea;

<p:inputTextarea value="#{bean.propertyName}" />
public class Bean { private String propertyName; } //getter and setter
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AutoResize When textarea is being typed, if content height exceeds the allocated space, textarea can grow automatically. Use autoResize option to turn on/off this feature. Skinning style and styleClass options apply to the textarea element. As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information. Here's an example based on a different theme.
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3.51 Keyboard
Keyboard is an input component that uses a virtual keyboard to provide the input. Notable features are the customizable layouts and skinning capabilities.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class keyboard org.primefaces.component.keyboard.Keyboard org.primefaces.component.Keyboard org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.KeyboardRenderer org.primefaces.component.keyboard.KeyboardRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default Assigned by JSF TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component.
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null null null
immediate
FALSE
Boolean
Name required validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage password showMode buttonImage buttonImageOnly effect effectDuration layout layoutTemplate keypadOnly promptLabel closeLabel clearLabel backspaceLabel accesskey alt autocomplete dir disabled label lang
Default FALSE null null null null null FALSE focus null FALSE fadeIn null qwerty null focus null null null null null null null null FALSE null null
Type Boolean MethodExpr MethodExpr String String String Boolean String String boolean String String String String Boolean String String String String String String String String Boolean String String
Description Marks component as required A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Makes the input a password field. Specifies the showMode, focus, button, both Image for the button. When set to true only image of the button would be displayed. Effect of the display animation. Length of the display animation. Built-in layout of the keyboard. Template of the custom layout. Specifies displaying a keypad instead of a keyboard. Label of the prompt text. Label of the close key. Label of the clear key. Label of the backspace key. Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the input element. Alternate textual description of the input field. Controls browser autocomplete behavior. Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables input field A localized user presentable name. Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component.
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Name maxlength onblur onchange
Type Integer String String
Description Maximum number of characters that may be entered in this field. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when input element is clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element is double clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over input element Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when text within input element is selected by user. Flag indicating that this component will prevent changes by the user. Number of characters used to determine the width of the input element. Inline style of the input element. Style class of the input element. Position of the input element in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton.
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onclick ondblclick onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup onselect readonly size style styleClass tabindex title
null null null null null null null null null null null null FALSE null null null null null
String String String String String String String String String String String String Boolean Integer String String Integer String
Name widgetVar
Default null
Type String
Description Name of the client side widget.
Getting Started with Keyboard Keyboard is used just like a simple inputText, by default when the input gets the focus a keyboard is displayed.
<p:keyboard value="#{bean.value}" />
Built-in Layouts Therere a couple of built-in keyboard layouts these are qwerty, qwertyBasic and alphabetic. For example keyboard below has the alphabetic layout.
<p:keyboard value="#{bean.value}" layout="alphabetic"/>
Custom Layouts Keyboard has a very flexible layout mechanism allowing you to come up with your own layout.
<p:keyboard value="#{bean.value}" layout="custom" layoutTemplate="prime-back,faces-clear,rocks-close"/>
Another example;
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<p:keyboard value="#{bean.value}" layout="custom" layoutTemplate="create-space-your-close,owntemplate-shift,easily-spacespacebar"/>
A layout template basically consists of built-in keys and your own keys. Following is the list of all built-in keys. back clear close shift spacebar space halfspace
All other text in a layout is realized as seperate keys so "prime" would create 5 keys as "p" "r" "i" "m" "e". Use dash to seperate each member in layout and use commas to create a new row. Keypad By default keyboard displays whole keys, if you only need the numbers use the keypad mode.
<p:keyboard value="#{bean.value}" keypadOnly="true"/>
ShowMode Therere a couple of different ways to display the keyboard, by default keyboard is shown once input field receives the focus. This is customized using the showMode feature which accept values focus, button, both. Keyboard below displays a button next to the input field, when the button is clicked the keyboard is shown.
<p:keyboard value="#{bean.value}" showMode="button"/>
Button can also be customized using the buttonImage and buttonImageOnly attributes.
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3.52 Layout
Layout component features a highly customizable borderLayout model making it very easy to create complex layouts even if youre not familar with web design.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class layout org.primefaces.component.layout.Layout org.primefaces.component.Layout org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.LayoutRenderer org.primefaces.component.layout.LayoutRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the client side widget.
binding widgetVar
null null
Object String
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Name fullPage style styleClass closeTitle collapseTitle expandTitle closeListener onCloseUpdate toggleListener onToggleUpdate resizeListener onResizeUpdate onToggleComplete onCloseComplete onResizeComplete
Default FALSE null null null null null null null null null null null null null null
Type Boolean String String String String String MethodExpr String MethodExpr String MethodExpr String String String String
Description Specifies whether layout should span all page or not. Style to apply to container element, this is only applicable to element based layouts. Style class to apply to container element, this is only applicable to element based layouts. Title label for the close button of closable units. Title label for the collapse button of collapsible units. Title label for the expand button of closable units. A server side listener to process a CloseEvent Components to partially update with ajax after closeListener is processed and unit is closed. A server side listener to process a ToggleEvent Components to partially update with ajax after toggleListener is processed and unit is toggled. A server side listener to process a ResizeEvent Components to partially update with ajax after resizeListener is processed and unit is resized. Client side callback for completed toggle Client side callback for completed close Client side callback for completed toggle
Getting started with Layout Layout is based on a borderLayout model that consists of 5 different layout units which are top, left, center, right and bottom. This model is visualized in the schema below;
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Full Page Layout Layout has two modes, you can either use it for a full page layout or for a specific region in your page. This setting is controlled with the fullPage attribute which is false by default. The regions in a layout are defined by layoutUnits, following is a simple full page layout with all possible units. Note that you can place any content in each layout unit.
<p:layout fullPage="true"> <p:layoutUnit position="top" header="TOP" height="50"> <h:outputText value="Top content." /> </p:layoutUnit> <p:layoutUnit position="bottom" header="BOTTOM" height="100"> <h:outputText value="Bottom content." /> </p:layoutUnit> <p:layoutUnit position="left" header="LEFT" width="300"> <h:outputText value="Left content" /> </p:layoutUnit> <p:layoutUnit position="right" header="RIGHT" width="200"> <h:outputText value="Right Content" /> </p:layoutUnit> <p:layoutUnit position="center" header="CENTER"> <h:outputText value="Center Content" /> </p:layoutUnit> </p:layout>
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Forms in Full Page Layout When working with forms and full page layout, avoid using a form that contains layoutunits as generated dom will not be the same. So following is invalid.
<p:layout fullPage="true"> <h:form> <p:layoutUnit position="left" width="100"> h:outputText value="Left Pane" /> </p:layoutUnit> <p:layoutUnit position="center"> <h:outputText value="Right Pane" /> </p:layoutUnit> </h:form>
</p:layout>
A layout unit must have its own form instead, also avoid trying to update layoutunits because of same reason. Dimensions Except center layoutUnit, other layout units must have dimensions defined. For top and bottom units use height attribute whereas for left and right units width attribute applies. Element based layout Another use case of layout is the element based layout. This is the default case actually so just ignore fullPage attribute or set it to false. Layout example below demonstrates creating a split panel implementation.
<p:layout style="width:400px;height:200px"> <p:layoutUnit position="left" width="100"> <h:outputText value="Left Pane" /> </p:layoutUnit> <p:layoutUnit position="center"> <h:outputText value="Right Pane" /> </p:layoutUnit> </p:layout>
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Responding to Events Layout can respond to toggle, close and resize events, by binding ajax listeners to these events you can have your custom logic processed easily. This is very useful if youd like to keep the state of the layout by persisting users preferences.
Note: At least one form needs to be present on page to use ajax listeners.
ToggleEvent, ToggleListener and onToggleUpdate Ajax toggle listener is invoked with a toggle event whenever a toggleable layout unit is collapsed or expanded. Optionally other components on page can be updated with ajax using onToggleUpdate attribute.
<p:layout toggleListener="#{layoutBean.handleToggle}" onToggleUpdate="messages"> //Content
</p:layout> <p:growl id="messages" />
public class LayoutBean { public void handleClose(ToggleEvent event) { LayoutUnit toggledUnit = event.getComponent(); Visibility status = event.getVisibility(); } } //...
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org.primefaces.event.ToggleEvent
Method getComponent() getVisibility() Toggled layout unit instance org.primefaces.model.Visibility instance, this is an enum with two values; VISIBLE or HIDDEN. Description
CloseEvent, CloseListener and onCloseUpdate Ajax close listener is invoked with a close event whenever a closable layout unit is closed. Optionally other components on page can be updated with ajax using onCloseUpdate attribute.
<p:layout closeListener="#{layoutBean.handleClose}" onCloseListener="messages"> //Content </p:layout> <p:growl id="messages" />
public void handleClose(CloseEvent event) { LayoutUnit closedUnit = event.getComponent(); //.. }
org.primefaces.event.CloseEvent
Method getComponent() Closed layout unit instance Description
ResizeEvent, ResizeListener and onResizeUpdate Ajax resize listener is invoked with a resize event whenever a resizable layout unit is resized. Optionally other components on page can be updated with ajax using onResizeUpdate attribute.
<p:layout resizeListener="#{layoutBean.handleResize}" onResizeUpdate="messages"> //Content
</p:layout> <p:growl id="messages" />
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public void handleResize(CloseEvent event) { LayoutUnit resizedUnit = event.getComponent(); //... }
org.primefaces.event.ResizeEvent
Method getComponent() getWidth() getHeight() Resized layout unit instance New width in pixels New height in pixels Description
Stateful Layout Making layout stateful would be easy, once you create your data to store the user preference, you can update this data using ajax event listeners provided by layout. For example if a layout unit is collapsed, you can save and persist this information. By binding this persisted information to the collapsed attribute of the layout unit layout will be rendered as the user left it last time. Similarly visible, width and height attributes can be preconfigures using same approach. Skinning Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-layout .ui-layout-doc .ui-layout-unit .ui-layout-unit-{position} .ui-layout-wrap .ui-layout-hd .ui-layout-bd Applies Main wrapper container element Layout container Each layout unit container Position based layout unit Wrapper of a layoutunit Layout unit header Layout unit body
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3.53 LayoutUnit
LayoutUnit represents a region in the border layout model of the Layout component. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family layoutUnit org.primefaces.component.layout.LayoutUnit org.primefaces.component.LayoutUnit org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Position of the unit. Width of the unit in pixels, applies to left and right units. Height of the unit in pixels, applies to top and center units. Makes the unit resizable. Makes the unit closable. Makes the unit collapsible. Makes the unit scrollable. Text of header. Text of footer. Minimum dimension of width in resizing Maximum dimension of width in resizing Minimum dimension of height in resizing Maximum dimension of height in resizing Gutter size of layout unit.
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binding position width height resizable closable collapsible scrollable header footer minWidth maxWidth minHeight maxHeight gutter
null null null null FALSE FALSE FALSE FALSE null null null null null null 4px
Object String Integer Integer Boolean Boolean Boolean Boolean String String Integer Integer Integer Integer String
Name zindex visible collapsed proxyResize collapseSize
Default null TRUE FALSE TRUE null
Type Integer Boolean Boolean Boolean Integer
Description zindex property to control overlapping with other components Specifies default visibility Specifies toggle status of unit Specifies resize preview mode Size of the unit when collapsed
Getting started with LayoutUnit See layout component documentation for more information regarding the usage of layoutUnits.
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3.54 LightBox
Lightbox features a powerful overlay that can display images, multimedia content, other JSF components and external urls.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class lightBox org.primefaces.component lightbox.LightBox org.primefaces.component.LightBox org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.LightBoxRenderer org.primefaces.component.lightbox.LightBoxRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Style of the container element not the overlay element.
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binding style
null null
Object String
Name styleClass widgetVar transition speed width heigth iframe opacity visible slideshow slideshowSpeed slideshowStartText slideshowStopText slideshowAuto currentTemplate overlayClose group
Default null null elastic 350 null null FALSE 0.85 FALSE FALSE 2500 null null TRUE null TRUE TRUE
Type String String String Integer String String Boolean Double Boolean Boolean Integer String String Boolean String Boolean Boolean
Description Style class of the container element not the overlay element. Javascript variable name of the client side widget Name of the transition effect. Valid values are 'elastic','fade' and 'none'. Speed of the transition effect in milliseconds. Width of the overlay. Height of the overlay. Specifies an iframe to display an external url in overlay. Level of overlay opacity between 0 and 1. Displays lightbox without requiring any user interaction by default. Displays lightbox without requiring any user interaction by default. Speed for slideshow in milliseconds. Label of slideshow start text. Label of slideshow stop text. Starts slideshow automatically. Text template for current image display like "1 of 3". Default is "{current} of {total}". When true clicking outside of overlay will close lightbox. Defines grouping, by default children belong to same group and switching is enabled.
Images The images displayed in the lightBox need to be nested as child outputLink components. Following lightBox is displayed when any of the links are clicked.
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<p:lightBox> <h:outputLink value="sopranos/sopranos1.jpg" title="Sopranos 1"> <h:graphicImage value="sopranos/sopranos1_small.jpg/> </h:outputLink> <h:outputLink value="sopranos/sopranos2.jpg" title="Sopranos 2"> <h:graphicImage value="sopranos/sopranos2_small.jpg /> </h:outputLink> <h:outputLink value="sopranos/sopranos3.jpg" title="Sopranos 3"> <h:graphicImage value="sopranos/sopranos3_small.jpg/> </h:outputLink> <h:outputLink value="sopranos/sopranos4.jpg" title="Sopranos 4"> <h:graphicImage value="sopranos/sopranos4_small.jpg/> </h:outputLink> </p:lightBox>
Output of this lightbox is;
IFrame Mode LightBox also has the ability to display iframes inside the page overlay, following lightbox displays the PrimeFaces homepage when the link inside is clicked.
<p:lightBox iframe="true" width="80%" height="80%"> <h:outputLink value="http://www.primefaces.org" HomePage"> <h:outputText value="PrimeFaces HomePage"/> </h:outputLink> </p:lightBox>
title="PrimeFaces
Clicking the outputLink will display PrimeFaces homepage within an iframe.

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Inline Mode Inline mode acts like a modal panel, you can display other JSF content on the page using the lightbox overlay. Simply place your overlay content in the "inline" facet. Clicking the link in the example below will display the panelGrid contents in overlay.
<p:lightBox width="50%" height="50%"> <h:outputLink value="#" title="Leo Messi" > <h:outputText value="The Messiah"/> </h:outputLink> <f:facet name="inline"> <h:panelGrid columns="2"> <h:graphicImage value="barca/messi.jpg" /> <h:outputText style="color:#FFFFFF" value="Messi is an unusual player......" /> </h:panelGrid> </f:facet> </p:lightBox>
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SlideShow If you want to use lightbox images as a slideshow, turn slideshow setting to true.
<p:lightBox slideshow="true" slideshowSpeed="2000" slideshowStartText="Start" slideshowStopText="Stop"> <h:outputLink value="sopranos/sopranos1.jpg" title="Sopranos 1"> <h:graphicImage value="sopranos/sopranos1_small.jpg/> </h:outputLink> <h:outputLink value="sopranos/sopranos2.jpg" title="Sopranos 2"> <h:graphicImage value="sopranos/sopranos2_small.jpg /> </h:outputLink> </p:lightBox>
Tips If lightbox is not working, it may be due to lack of DOCTYPE declaration.
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3.55 Media
Media component is used for embedding multimedia content such as videos and music to JSF views. Media renders <object /> or <embed /> html tags depending on the user client. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class media org.primefaces.component.media.Media org.primefaces.component.Media org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.MediaRenderer org.primefaces.component.media.MediaRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Media source to play. Type of the player, possible values are "quicktime","windows","flash","real". Width of the player. Height of the player. Style of the player. StyleClass of the player.
binding value player width height style styleClass
null null null null null null null
Object String String String String String String
Getting started with Media In its simplest form media component requires a source to play, this is defined using the value attribute.
<p:media value="/media/ria_with_primefaces.mov" />
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Player Types By default, players are identified using the value extension so for instance mov files will be played by quicktime player. You can customize which player to use with the player attribute.
<p:media value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ABCDEFGH" player="flash"/>
Following is the supported players and file types.

Player windows quicktime flash real asx, asf, avi, wma, wmv aif, aiff, aac, au, bmp, gsm, mov, mid, midi, mpg, mpeg, mp4, m4a, psd, qt, qtif, qif, qti, snd, tif, tiff, wav, 3g2, 3pg flv, mp3, swf ra, ram, rm, rpm, rv, smi, smil Types
Parameters Different proprietary players might have different configuration parameters, these can be specified using f:param tags.
<p:media value="/media/ria_with_primefaces.mov"> <f:param name="param1" value="value1" /> <f:param name="param2" value="value2" /> </p:media>
StreamedContent Support Media component can also play binary media content, example for this use case is storing media files in datatabase using binary format. In order to implement this, bind a StreamedContent.
<p:media value="#{mediaBean.media}" width="250" height="225" player="quicktime"/>
public class MediaBean { private StreamedContent media; public MediaController() { InputStream stream = //Create binary stream from database media = new DefaultStreamedContent(stream, "video/quicktime"); } public StreamedContent getMedia() { return media; } }
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3.56 Menu
Menu is a navigation component with various customized modes like multi tiers, ipod style sliding and overlays.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class menu org.primefaces.component.menu.Menu org.primefaces.component.Menu org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.MenuRenderer org.primefaces.component.menu.MenuRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding widgetVar model trigger my Default null TRUE null null null null null Type String Boolean Object String MenuModel String String Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Name of the client side widget. A menu model instance to create menu programmatically. Id of component whose click event will show the dynamic positioned menu. Corner of menu to align with trigger element.
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Name at position tiered type effect effectDuration style styleClass zindex backLabel maxHeight
Default null static FALSE plain fade 400 null null 1 Back 200
Type String String Boolean String String Integer String String Integer String Integer
Description Corner of trigger to align with menu element. Defines positioning type of menu, either static or dynamic. (Deprecated: use type as tiered instead) Enabled nested tiered menus. Type of menu, valid values are plain, tiered and sliding. Effect to use when showing overlay menus, valid values are fade and slide. Duration of animation in milliseconds. Inline style of the main container element. Style class of the main container element. z-index property to control overlapping with other elements. Text for back link, only applies to sliding menus. Maximum height for menu, only applies to sliding menu.
Getting started with the Menu A menu is composed of submenus and menuitems.
<p:menu> <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem <p:menuitem </p:menu>
value="Gmail" url="http://www.google.com" /> value="Hotmail" url="http://www.hotmail.com" /> value="Yahoo Mail" url="http://mail.yahoo.com" /> value="Youtube" url="http://www.youtube.com" /> value="Break" url="http://www.break.com" /> value="Metacafe" url="http://www.metacafe.com" /> value="Facebook" url="http://www.facebook.com" /> value="MySpace" url="http://www.myspace.com" />
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Submenus are used to group menuitems;

<p:menu> <p:submenu label="Mail"> <p:menuitem value="Gmail" url="http://www.google.com" /> <p:menuitem value="Hotmail" url="http://www.hotmail.com" /> <p:menuitem value="Yahoo Mail" url="http://mail.yahoo.com" /> </p:submenu> <p:submenu label="Videos"> <p:menuitem value="Youtube" url="http://www.youtube.com" /> <p:menuitem value="Break" url="http://www.break.com" /> <p:menuitem value="Metacafe" url="http://www.metacafe.com" /> </p:submenu>
<p:submenu label="Social Networks"> <p:menuitem value="Facebook" url="http://www.facebook.com" /> <p:menuitem value="MySpace" url="http://www.myspace.com" /> </p:submenu> </p:menu>
Overlay Menu Menu can be positioned on a page in two ways; "static" and "dynamic". By default its static meaning the menu is in normal page flow. In contrast dynamic menus is not on the normal flow of the page allowing them to overlay other elements. A dynamic menu is created by setting position option to dynamic and defining a trigger to show the menu. Location of menu on page will be relative to the trigger and defined by my and at options that take combination of four values; left right bottom top
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For example, clicking the button below will display the menu whose top left corner is aligned with bottom left corner of button.
<p:menu position="dynamic" trigger="btn" my="left top" at="bottom left"> ...submenus and menuitems </p:menu> <p:commandButton id="btn" value="Show Menu" type="button"/>
Menu Types Menu has three different types, plain, tiered and sliding.
<p:menu type="plain|tiered|sliding"> ...submenus and menuitems </p:menu>
Plain
Tiered
Sliding (iPod)
Ajax and Non-Ajax Actions As menu uses menuitems, it is easy to invoke actions with or without ajax as well as navigation. See menuitem documentation for more information about the capabilities.
<p:menu> <p:submenu label="Options"> <p:menuitem value="Save" actionListener="#{bean.save}" update="comp"/> <p:menuitem value="Update" actionListener="#{bean.update}" ajax="false"/> <p:menuitem value="Navigate" url="http://www.primefaces.org"/> </p:submenu> </p:menu>
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Effects Menu has a built-in animation to use when displaying&hiding itself and its submenus. This animation is customizable using attributes like effect and effectDuration. Available animations are fade or slide, effectDuration is defined in milliseconds defaulting to 400. Dynamic Menus Menus can be created programmatically as well, this is more flexible compared to the declarative approach. Menu metadata is defined using an org.primefaces.model.MenuModel instance, PrimeFaces provides the built-in org.primefaces.model.DefaultMenuModel implementation. For further customization you can also create and bind your own MenuModel implementation.
<p:menu model="#{menuBean.model}" />
public class MenuBean { } private MenuModel model; public } MenuBean() { model = new DefaultMenuModel(); //First submenu Submenu submenu = new Submenu(); submenu.setLabel("Dynamic Submenu 1"); MenuItem item = new MenuItem(); item.setValue("Dynamic Menuitem 1.1"); item.setUrl("#"); submenu.getChildren().add(item); model.addSubmenu(submenu); //Second submenu submenu = new Submenu(); submenu.setLabel("Dynamic Submenu 2"); item = new MenuItem(); item.setValue("Dynamic Menuitem 2.1"); item.setUrl("#"); submenu.getChildren().add(item); item = new MenuItem(); item.setValue("Dynamic Menuitem 2.2"); item.setUrl("#"); submenu.getChildren().add(item); model.addSubmenu(submenu);
public MenuModel getModel() { return model; }
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Skinning Menu resides in a main container element which style and styleClass attributes apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .wijmo-wijmenu .wijmo-wijmenu-list .wijmo-wijmenu-item .wijmo-wijmenu-link .wijmo-wijmenu-text .wij-menu-ipod .wij-menu-breadcrumb Container element of menu List container Each menu item Anchor element in a link item Text element in an item Container of ipod like sliding menu Container of ipod like navigation menu controls Applies
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3.57 Menubar
Menubar is a horizontal navigation component.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class menubar org.primefaces.component.menubar.Menubar org.primefaces.component.Menubar org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.MenubarRenderer org.primefaces.component.menubar.MenubarRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Sets the effect for the menu display. Sets the effect duration in milliseconds. When set to true, submenus are displayed on mouseover of a menuitem. Name of the client side widget MenuModel instance to create menus programmatically Inline style of menubar Style class of menubar
binding effect effectDuration autoSubmenuDisplay widgetVar model style styleClass
null fade 400 FALSE null null null null
Object String Integer Boolean String MenuModel String String
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Getting started with Menubar Submenus and menuitems as child components are required to compose the menubar.
<p:menubar> <p:submenu label="Mail"> <p:menuitem value="Gmail" url="http://www.google.com" /> <p:menuitem value="Hotmail" url="http://www.hotmail.com" /> <p:menuitem value="Yahoo Mail" url="http://mail.yahoo.com" /> </p:submenu> <p:submenu label="Videos"> <p:menuitem value="Youtube" url="http://www.youtube.com" /> <p:menuitem value="Break" url="http://www.break.com" /> </p:submenu> </p:menubar>
Nested Menus To create a menubar with a higher depth, nest submenus in parent submenus.
<p:menubar> <p:submenu label="File"> <p:submenu label="New"> <p:menuitem value="Project" url="#"/> <p:menuitem value="Other" url="#"/> </p:submenu> <p:menuitem value="Open" url="#"></p:menuitem> <p:menuitem value="Quit" url="#"></p:menuitem> </p:submenu> <p:submenu label="Edit"> <p:menuitem value="Undo" url="#"></p:menuitem> <p:menuitem value="Redo" url="#"></p:menuitem> </p:submenu> <p:submenu label="Help"> <p:menuitem label="Contents" url="#" /> <p:submenu label="Search"> <p:submenu label="Text"> <p:menuitem value="Workspace" url="#" /> </p:submenu> <p:menuitem value="File" url="#" /> </p:submenu> </p:submenu> </p:menubar>
Effects Menu has a built-in animation to use when displaying&hiding itself and its submenus. This animation is customizable using attributes like effect and effectDuration. Available animations are fade or slide and effectDuration is defined in milliseconds defaulting to 400.
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Root Menuitem Menubar supports menuitem as root menu options as well; Following example allows a root menubar item to execute an action to logout the user.
<p:menubar> //submenus <p:menuitem label="Logout" action="#{bean.logout}"/> </p:menubar>
Ajax and Non-Ajax Actions As menu uses menuitems, it is easy to invoke actions with or without ajax as well as navigation. See menuitem documentation for more information about the capabilities.
<p:menubar> <p:submenu label="Options"> <p:menuitem value="Save" actionListener="#{bean.save}" update="comp"/> <p:menuitem value="Update" actionListener="#{bean.update}" ajax="false"/> <p:menuitem value="Navigate" url="http://www.primefaces.org"/> </p:submenu> </p:menubar>
Dynamic Menus Menus can be created programmatically as well, see the dynamic menus part in menu component section for more information and an example. Skinning Menubar resides in a main container which style and styleClass attributes apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .wijmo-wijmenu .wijmo-wijmenu-horizontal .wijmo-wijmenu-list .wijmo-wijmenu-item .wijmo-wijmenu-link .wijmo-wijmenu-text Container element of menu Container element of menu List container Each menu item Anchor element in a link item Text element in an item Applies
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3.58 MenuButton
MenuButton displays different commands in a popup menu.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class menuButton org.primefaces.component.menubutton.MenuButton org.primefaces.component.MenuButton org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.MenuButtonRenderer org.primefaces.component.menubutton.MenuButtonRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Label of the button Style of the main container element Style class of the main container element Name of the client side widget MenuModel instance to create menus programmatically Disables or enables the button. z-index property to control overlapping with other elements.
binding value style styleClass widgetVar model disabled zindex
null null null null null null FALSE 1
Object String String String String MenuModel Boolean Integer
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Name effect effectDuration
Default fade 400
Type String Integer
Description Sets the effect for the menu display. Sets the effect duration in milliseconds.
Getting started with the MenuButton MenuButton consists of one ore more menuitems. Following menubutton example has three menuitems, first one is used triggers an action with ajax, second one does the similar but without ajax and third one is used for redirect purposes.
<p:menuButton value="Options"> <p:menuitem value="Save" actionListener="#{bean.save}" update="comp" /> <p:menuitem value="Update" actionListener="#{bean.update}" ajax="false" /> <p:menuitem value="Go Home" url="/home.jsf" /> </p:menuButton>
Effects Menu has a built-in animation to use when displaying&hiding itself and its submenus. This animation is customizable using attributes like effect and effectDuration. Available animations are fade or slide, effectDuration is defined in milliseconds defaulting to 400. Dynamic Menus Menus can be created programmatically as well, see the dynamic menus part in menu component section for more information and an example. Skinning MenuButton resides in a main container which style and styleClass attributes apply. As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-button .ui-button-text .wijmo-wijmenu .wijmo-wijmenu-list .wijmo-wijmenu-item .wijmo-wijmenu-link .wijmo-wijmenu-text Button element Label of button Container element of menu List container Each menu item Anchor element in a link item Text element in an item
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3.59 MenuItem
MenuItem is used by various menu components of PrimeFaces. Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family menuItem org.primefaces.component.menuitem.MenuItemTag org.primefaces.component.menuitem.MenuItem org.primefaces.component.MenuItem org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Label of the menuitem Action listener to be invoked when menuitem is clicked. Action to be invoked when menuitem is clicked. When true, action of this menuitem is processed after apply request phase. Label of the menuitem (Deprecated, use label instead) Url to be navigated when menuitem is clicked Target type of url navigation Text to display additional information Style of the menuitem label StyleClass of the menuitem label Javascript event handler for click event When set to true, ajax requests are not queued.
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binding value actionListener action immediate label url target helpText style styleClass onclick async
null null null null FALSE null null null null null null null FALSE
Object String javax.el.MethodE xpression javax.el.MethodE xpression Boolean String String String String String String String Boolean
Name process update onstart oncomplete onsuccess onerror global
Default null null null null null null TRUE String String String String String String
Type
Description Component id(s) to process partially instead of whole view. Client side id of the component(s) to be updated after async partial submit request. Javascript handler to execute before ajax request is begins. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request is completed. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request succeeds. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request fails. Global ajax requests are listened by ajaxStatus component, setting global to false will not trigger ajaxStatus. Specifies submit mode. Path of the menuitem image.
Boolean
ajax icon
TRUE null
Boolean String
Getting started with MenuItem MenuItem is a generic component used by the following PrimeFaces components. Menu MenuBar Breadcrumb Dock Stack MenuButton
Note that some attributes of menuitem might not be supported by these menu components. Refer to the specific component documentation for more information. Navigation vs Action Menuitem has two use cases, directly navigating to a url with GET and doing a POST do execute an action which you can still do navigation with JSF navigation rules. This is decided by url attribute, if it is present menuitem does a GET request, if not parent form is posted. Icons There are two ways to specify an icon of a menuitem, you can either use bundled icons within PrimeFaces or provide your own via css.
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ThemeRoller Icons
<p:menuitem icon="ui-icon ui-icon-disk" ... />
Custom Icons
<p:menuitem icon="barca" ... />
.barca { background: url(barca_logo.png) no-repeat; height:16px; width:16px; }
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3.60 Message
Message is a pre-skinned extended version of the standard JSF message component.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class message org.primefaces.component.message.Message org.primefaces.component.Message org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.MessageRenderer org.primefaces.component.message.MessageRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding showSummary showDetail for redisplay display Default null TRUE null FALSE TRUE null TRUE both Type String Boolean Object Boolean Boolean String Boolean String Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Specifies if the summary of the FacesMessage should be displayed. Specifies if the detail of the FacesMessage should be displayed. Id of the component whose messages to display. Defines if already rendered messages should be displayed Defines the display mode.
Getting started with Message Message usage is exactly same as standard message.
<h:inputText id="txt" value="#{bean.text}" /> <p:message for="txt" />
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Display Mode Message component has three different display modes; text : Only message text is displayed. icon : Only message severity is displayed and message text is visible as a tooltip. both (default) : Both icon and text are displayed. Skinning Message Full list of CSS selectors of message is as follows; Style Class ui-message-{severity} ui-message-{severity}-summary ui-message-{severity}-info Applies Container element of the message Summary text Detail text
{severity} can be info, error, warn and error.
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3.61 Messages
Messages is a pre-skinned extended version of the standard JSF messages component.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class messages org.primefaces.component.messages.Messages org.primefaces.component.Messages org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.MessagesRenderer org.primefaces.component.messages.MessagesRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Specifies if the summary of the FacesMessages should be displayed. Specifies if the detail of the FacesMessages should be displayed. When true, only facesmessages with no clientIds are displayed.
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binding showSummary showDetail globalOnly
null FALSE TRUE FALSE
Object Boolean Boolean String
Name redisplay
Default TRUE
Type Boolean
Description Defines if already rendered messages should be displayed
Getting started with Messages Message usage is exactly same as standard messages.
<p:messages />
Skinning Message Full list of CSS selectors of message is as follows;

Style Class ui-messages-{severity} ui-messages-{severity}-summary ui-messages-{severity}-detail ui-messages-{severity}-icon Applies Container element of the message Summary text Detail text Icon of the message.
{severity} can be info, error, warn and error.
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3.62 NotificationBar
NotificationBar displayes a multipurpose fixed positioned panel for notification. Any group of JSF content can be placed inside notificationbar.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class notificationBar org.primefaces.component.notificationbar.NotificationBar org.primefaces.component.NotificatonBar org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.NotificationBarRenderer org.primefaces.component.notificationbar.NotificationBarRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Style of the container element
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binding style
null null
Object String
Name styleClass position effect effectSpeed
Default null top fade normal String String String String
Type
Description StyleClass of the container element Position of the bar, "top" or "bottom". Name of the effect, "fade", "slide" or "none". Speed of the effect, "slow", "normal" or "fast".
Getting started with NotificationBar As notificationBar is a panel component, any JSF and non-JSF content can be placed inside.
<p:notificationBar widgetVar="topBar"> //Content </p:notificationBar>
Showing and Hiding To show and hide the content, notificationBar provides an easy to use client side api that can be accessed through the widgetVar. show() displays the bar and hide() hides it.
<p:notificationBar widgetVar="topBar"> //Content </p:notificationBar> <h:outputLink value="#" onclick="topBar.show()">Show</h:outputLink> <h:outputLink value="#" onclick="topBar.show()">Show</h:outputLink>
Note that notificationBar has a default built-in close icon to hide the content. Effects Default effect to be used when displaying and hiding the bar is "fade", another possible effect is "slide".
<p:notificationBar widgetVar="topBar" effect="slide"> //Content </p:notificationBar>
If youd like to turn off animation, set effect name to "none". In addition duration of the animation is controlled via effectSpeed attribute that can take "normal", "slow" or "fast" as its value.
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Position Default position of bar is "top", other possibility is placing the bar at the bottom of the page. Note that bar positioning is fixed so even page is scrolled, bar will not scroll.
<p:notificationBar widgetVar="topBar" position="bottom"> //Content </p:notificationBar>
Skinning style and styleClass attributes apply to the main container element. Additionally there are two predefined css selectors used to customize the look and feel.
Selector .ui-notificationbar .ui-notificationbar-close Main container element Close icon element Applies
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3.63 OutputPanel
OutputPanel is a display only element thats useful in various cases such as adding placeholders to a page. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class outputPanel org.primefaces.component.outputpanel.OutputPanel org.primefaces.component.OutputPanel org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.OutputPanelRenderer org.primefaces.component.output.OutputPanelRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Style of the html container element StyleClass of the html container element Layout of the panel, valid values are inline(span) or block(div).
binding style styleClass layout
null null null inline
AjaxRendered Due to the nature of ajax, it is much simpler to update an existing element on page rather than inserting a new element to the dom. When a JSF component is not rendered, no markup is rendered so for components with conditional rendering regular PPR mechanism may not work since the markup to update on page does not exist. OutputPanel is useful in this case. Suppose the rendered condition on bean is false when page if loaded initially and search method on bean sets the condition to be true meaning datatable will be rendered after a page submit. The problem is although partial output is generated, the markup on page cannot be updated since it doesnt exist.
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<p:dataTable id="tbl" rendered="#{bean.condition}" ...> //columns </p:dataTable> <p:commandButton update="tbl" actionListener="#{bean.search}" />
Solution is to use the outputPanel as a placeHolder.

<p:outputPanel id="out"> <p:dataTable id="tbl" rendered="#{bean.condition}" ...> //columns </p:dataTable> </p:outputPanel> <p:commandButton update="out" actionListener="#{bean.list}" />
Note that you wont need an outputPanel if commandButton has no update attribute specified, in this case parent form will be updated partially implicitly making an outputPanel use obselete. Layout OutputPanel has two layout modes; inline (default): Renders a span block: Renders a div Skinning OutputPanel style and styleClass attributes are used to skin the outputPanel.
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3.64 Panel
Panel is a grouping component for other components, notable features are toggling, closing, built-in popup menu and ajax event listeners.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class panel org.primefaces.component.panel.Panel org.primefaces.component.Panel org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.PanelRenderer org.primefaces.component.panel.PanelRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Header text Footer text Makes panel toggleable. Speed of toggling in milliseconds Component(s) to update after ajax toggleListener is invoked and panel is toggled
binding header footer toggleable toggleSpeed onToggleUpdate
null null null FALSE 1000 null
Object String String Boolean Integer String
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Name toggleListener collapsed style styleClass closable closeListener onCloseUpdate onCloseStart onCloseComplete closeSpeed visible widgetVar
Default null FALSE null null FALSE null null null null 1000 TRUE null
Type MethodExpr Boolean String String Boolean MethodExpr String String String Integer Boolean String
Description Server side listener to invoke with ajax when a panel is toggled. Renders a toggleable panel as collapsed. Style of the panel Style class of the panel Make panel closable. Server side listener to invoke with ajax when a panel is closed. Component(s) to update after ajax closeListener is invoked and panel is closed. Javascript event handler to invoke before closing starts. Javascript event handler to invoke after closing completes. Speed of closing effect in milliseconds Renders panel as hidden. Name of the client side widget
Getting started with Panel In its simplest form, panel encapsulates other components.
<p:panel> //Child components here... </p:panel>
Header and Footer Header and Footer texts can be provided by header and footer attributes.
<p:panel header="Header Text" footer="Footer Text"> //Child components here... </p:panel>
Instead of text, you can place custom content with facets as well.
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<p:panel> <f:facet name="header"> <h:outputText value="Header Text" /> </f:facet> <f:facet name="footer"> <h:outputText value="Footer Text" /> </f:facet> //Child components here... </p:panel>
When both header attribute and header facet is defined, facet is chosen, same applies to footer. Toggling Panel contents can be toggled with a slide effect using the toggleable feature. Toggling is turned off by default and toggleable needs to be set to true to enable it. By default toggling takes 1000 milliseconds, this can be tuned by the toggleSpeed attribute.
<p:panel header="Header Text" toggleable="true"> //Child components here... </p:panel>
If youd like to get notified on server side when a panel is toggled, you can do so by using ajax toggleListener. Optionally onToggleUpdate is used to update other components with ajax after toggling is completed. Following example adds a FacesMessage and displays it when panel is toggled.
<p:panel toggleListener="#{panelBean.handleToggle}" onToggleUpdate="msg"> //Child components here... </p:panel> <p:messages id="msg" />
public void handleToggle(ToggleEvent event) { Visibility visibility = event.getVisibility(); //Add facesmessage }
org.primefaces.event.ToggleEvent provides visibility information using org.primefaces.model.Visibility enum that has the values HIDDEN or VISIBLE.
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Closing Similar to toggling, a panel can also be closed as well. This is enabled by setting closable to true.
<p:panel closable="true"> //Child components here... </p:panel>
If youd like to bind client side event handlers to the close event, provide the names of javascript functions using onCloseStart and onCloseComplete attributes. On the other hand, for server side use ajax closeListener and optional onCloseUpdate options.
<p:panel closeListener="#{panelBean.handleClose}" onCloseUpdate="msg"> //Child components here... </p:panel> <p:messages id="msg" />
public void handleClose(CloseEvent event) { //Add facesmessage }
CloseEvent is an org.primefaces.event.CloseEvent instance. Popup Menu Panel has built-in support to display a fully customizable popup menu, an icon to display the menu is placed at top-right corner. This feature is enabled by defining a menu component and defining it as the options facet.
<p:panel closable="true"> //Child components here... <f:facet name="options"> <p:menu> //Menuitems </p:menu> </f:facet> </p:panel>
Skinning Panel Panel resides in a main container which style and styleClass attributes apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
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Style Class .ui-panel .ui-panel-titlebar .ui-panel-title .ui-panel-titlebar-icon .ui-panel-content .ui-panel-footer
Applies Main container element of panel Header container Header text Option icon in header Panel content Panel footer
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3.65 Password
Password component is an extended version of standard inputSecret component with theme integration and strength indicator.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class password org.primefaces.component.password.Password org.primefaces.component.Password org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.PasswordRenderer org.primefaces.component.password.PasswordRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input
null null null
immediate
FALSE
Boolean
required validator
FALSE null
boolean MethodBindi ng
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Name valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage feedback minLength inline promptLabel
Default null null null null FALSE 8 FALSE Please enter a password 1 Weak Good String null null null null null null null FALSE null null null null
Type MethodExpr String String String Boolean Integer boolean String
Description A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuechangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Enables strength indicator. Minimum length of a strong password Displays feedback inline rather than using a popup. Label of prompt.
level weakLabel goodLabel strongLabel onshow onhide widgetVar accesskey alt autocomplete dir disabled label lang maxlength onblur
Integer String String String String String String String String String String Boolean String String Integer String
Level of security. Label of weak password. Label of good password. Label of strong password. Javascript event handler to be executed when password strength indicator is shown. Javascript event handler to be executed when password strength indicator is hidden. Name of the client side widget. Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the input element. Alternate textual description of the input field. Controls browser autocomplete behavior. Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables input field A localized user presentable name. Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component. Maximum number of characters that may be entered in this field. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus.
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Name onchange
Default null
Type String
Description Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when input element is clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element is double clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over input element Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when text within input element is selected by user. Flag indicating that this component will prevent changes by the user. Number of characters used to determine the width of the input element. Inline style of the input element. Style class of the input element. Position of the input element in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton.
onclick ondblclick onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup onselect readonly size style styleClass tabindex title
null null null null null null null null null null null null FALSE null null null null null
String String String String String String String String String String String String Boolean Integer String String Integer String
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Getting Started with Password Password is an input component and used just like a standard input text. Most important attribute is feedback, when enabled (default) a password strength indicator is displayed, disabling feedback option will make password component behave like standard inputSecret.
<p:password value="#{bean.password}" feedback="true|false" />
public class Bean { } private String password; public String getPassword() { return password; } public void setPassword(String password) { this.password = password;}
I18N Although all labels are in English by default, you can provide custom labels as well. Following password gives feedback in Turkish.
<p:password value="#{bean.password}" promptLabel="Ltfen ifre giriniz" weakLabel="Zayf" goodLabel="Orta seviye" strongLabel="Gl" />
Inline Strength Indicator By default strength indicator is shown in an overlay, if you prefer an inline indicator just enable inline mode.
<p:password value="#{mybean.password}" inline="true"/>
Custom Animations Using onshow and onhide callbacks, you can create your own animation as well.
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<p:password value="#{mybean.password}" inline="true" onshow="fadein" onhide="fadeout"/>
This examples uses jQuery api for fadeIn and fadeOut effects. Each callback takes two parameters; input and container. input is the actual input element of password and container is the strength indicator element.
<script type="text/javascript"> function fadein(input, container) { container.fadeIn("slow"); } function fadeout(input, container) { container.fadeOut("slow"); } </script>
Skinning Password Skinning selectors for password is as follows;

Name .jpassword .jpassword-meter .jpassword-info Applies Container element of strength indicator. Visual bar of strength indicator. Feedback text of strength indicator.
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3.66 PickList
PickList is used for transferring data between two different collections.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class pickList org.primefaces.component.picklist.Panel org.primefaces.component.PickList org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.PickListRenderer org.primefaces.component.picklist.PickListRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id When set true, process validations logic is executed at apply request values phase for this component. Marks component as required
null null null
Object Object Convert er/String
immediate
FALSE
Boolean
required
FALSE
Boolean
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Name validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage var itemLabel itemValue style styleClass widgetVar disabled effect effectSpeed iconOnly addLabel addAllLabel removeLabel removeAllLabel moveUpLabel moveTopLabel moveDownLabel moveButtomLabel showSourceControls showTargetControls onTransfer
Default null null null null null null null null null null null FALSE null null FALSE Add Add All Remove Remove All Move Up Move Top Move Down Move Buttom FALSE FALSE null
Type Method Expr Method Expr String String String String String Object String String String Boolean String String Boolean String String String String String String String String String String String
Description A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Name of the iterator. Label of an item. Value of an item. Style of the main container. Style class of the main container. Name of the client side widget. Disables the component. Name of the animation to display. Speed of the animation. When enabled picklist button controls only render icons and texts are displayed as tooltips. Text of add button. Text of add all button. Text of remove button. Text of remove all button. Text of move up button. Text of move top button. Text of move down button. Text of move bottom button. Specifies visibility of reorder buttons of source list. Specifies visibility of reorder buttons of target list. Client side callback to execute when an item is transferred from one list to another.
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Getting started with PickList You need to create custom model called org.primefaces.model.picklist.DualListModel to use PickList. As the name suggests it consists of two lists, one is the source list and the other is the target. As the first example well create a DuaListModel that contains basic Strings.
public class PickListBean { private DualListModel<String> cities; } public } PickListBean() { List<String> source = new ArrayList<String>(); List<String> target = new ArrayList<String>(); citiesSource.add("Istanbul"); citiesSource.add("Ankara"); citiesSource.add("Izmir"); citiesSource.add("Antalya"); citiesSource.add("Bursa"); cities = new DualListModel<String>(citiesSource, citiesTarget);
public DualListModel<String> getCities() { return cities; } public void setCities(DualListModel<String> cities) { this.cities = cities; }
And bind the cities dual list to the picklist;

<p:pickList value="#{pickListBean.cities}" var="city" itemLabel="#{city}" itemValue="#{city}">
When the enclosed form is submitted, the dual list refeence is populated with the new values and you can access these values with DualListModel.getSource() and DualListModel.getTarget() api.
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POJOs Most of the time you would deal with complex pojos rather than simple types like String. This use case is no different except the addition of a converter. Following pickList displays a list of players(name, age ...).
public class PickListBean { } private DualListModel<Player> players; public } public } public } PickListBean() { //Players List<Player> source = new ArrayList<Player>(); List<Player> target = new ArrayList<Player>(); source.add(new source.add(new source.add(new source.add(new source.add(new source.add(new Player("Messi", 10)); Player("Ibrahimovic", 9)); Player("Henry", 14)); Player("Iniesta", 8)); Player("Xavi", 6)); Player("Puyol", 5));
players = new DualListModel<Player>(source, target);
DualListModel<Player> getPlayers() { return players; void setPlayers(DualListModel<Player> players) { this.players = players;
<p:pickList value="#{pickListBean.players}" var="player" itemLabel="#{player.name}" itemValue="#{player}" converter="player">
PlayerConverter in this case should implement javax.faces.convert.Converter contract and implement getAsString, getAsObject methods. Note that a converter is always necessary for primitive types like long, integer, boolean as well. Reordering PickList support reordering of source and target lists, these are enabled by showSourceControls and showTargetControls options. Icon Only Both transfer and reordering controls are buttons with an icon and text, to save some space enable iconOnly option that displays only icons on buttons and labels as tooltips.
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Effects An animation is displayed when transferring when item to another or reordering a list, default effect is fade and following options are available to be applied using effect attribute; blind bounce clip drop explode fold highlight puff pulsate scale shake size slide
effectSpeed attribute is used to customize the animation speed, valid values are slow, normal and fast. onTransfer If youd like to execute custom javascript when an item is transferred bind your javascript function to onTransfer attribute.
<p:pickList value="#{pickListBean.cities}" var="city" itemLabel="#{city}" itemValue="#{city}" onTransfer="handleTransfer(e)">
<script type="text/javascript"> function handleTransfer(e) { //item = e.item //fromList = e.from //toList = e.toList } </script>
Captions Caption texts for lists are defined with facets named sourceCaption and targetCaption;
<p:pickList value="#{pickListBean.cities}" var="city" itemLabel="#{city}" itemValue="#{city}" onTransfer="handleTransfer(e)"> <f:facet name="sourceCaption">Available</facet> <f:facet name="targetCaption">Selected</facet> </p:picklList>
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Skinning Panel resides in a main container which style and styleClass attributes apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-picklist .ui-picklist-list .ui-picklist-list-source .ui-picklist-list-target .ui-picklist-source-controls .ui-picklist-target-controls .ui-picklist-button .ui-picklist-button-move-up .ui-picklist-button-move-top .ui-picklist-button-move-down .ui-picklist-button-move-bottom .ui-picklist-button-add .ui-picklist-button-add-all .ui-picklist-button-remove-all .ui-picklist-button-add Applies Main container element(table) of picklist Lists of a picklist Source list Target list Container element of source list reordering controls Container element of target list reordering controls Buttons of a picklist Move up button Move top button Move down button Move bottom button Add button Add all button Remove all button Add button
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3.67 Poll
Poll is an ajax component that has the ability to send periodical ajax requests and execute listeners on JSF backing beans. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class poll org.primefaces.component.poll.Poll org.primefaces.component.Poll org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.PollRenderer org.primefaces.component.poll.PollRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Interval in seconds to do periodic ajax requests. A method expression to invoke by polling. (Deprecated, use listener instead) A method expression to invoke by polling. (Deprecated, use listener instead) A method expression to invoke by polling. Boolean value that determines the phaseId, when true actions are processed at apply_request_values, when false at invoke_application phase. Name of the client side widget. When set to true, ajax requests are not queued. Component id(s) to process partially instead of whole view. Component(s) to be updated with ajax.
binding interval listener action actionListener immediate
null 2 null null null FALSE
Object Integer MethodExpr MethodExpr MethodExpr Boolean
widgetVar async process update
null FALSE null null
String Boolean String String
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Name onstart oncomplete onsuccess onerror global
Default null null null null TRUE String String String String
Type
Description Javascript handler to execute before ajax request is begins. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request is completed. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request succeeds. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request fails. Global ajax requests are listened by ajaxStatus component, setting global to false will not trigger ajaxStatus. In autoStart mode, polling starts automatically on page load, to start polling on demand set to false.
Boolean
autoStart
TRUE
Boolean
Getting started with Poll Poll below invokes increment method on CounterBean every 2 seconds and txt_count is updated with the new value of the count variable. Note that poll must be nested inside a form.
<h:outputText id="txt_count" value="#{counterBean.count}" /> <p:poll listener="#{counterBean.increment}" update="txt_count" />
public class CounterBean { } private int count; public void increment() { count++; } public int getCount() { return this.count; } public void setCount(int count) { this.count = count; }
Tuning timing By default the periodic interval is 2 seconds, this is changed with the interval attribute. Following poll works every 5 seconds.
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<h:outputText id="txt_count" value="#{counterBean.count}" /> <p:poll listener="#{counterBean.increment}" update="txt_count" interval="5" />
Start and Stop Poll can be started manually, handy widgetVar attribute is once again comes for help.
<h:form> <h:outputText id="txt_count" value="#{counterBean.count}" /> <p:poll interval="5" actionListener="#{counterBean.increment}" update="txt_count" widgetVar="myPoll" autoStart="false" /> <a href="#" onclick="myPoll.start();">Start</a> <a href="#" onclick="myPoll.stop();">Stop</a>
</h:form>
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3.68 Printer
Printer allows sending a specific JSF component to the printer, not the whole page. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class printer org.primefaces.component.printer.Printer org.primefaces.component.Printer org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.PrinterRenderer org.primefaces.component.printer.PrinterRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Id of the component to print.
binding target
null null
Object String
Getting started with the Printer Printer is attached to any command component like a button or a link. Examples below demonstrates how to print a simple output text or a particular image on page;
<h:commandButton id="btn" value="Print"> <p:printer target="output" /> </h:commandButton> <h:outputText id="output" value="PrimeFaces Rocks!" /> <h:outputLink id="lnk" value="#"> <p:printer target="image" /> <h:outputText value="Print Image" /> </h:outputLink> <p:graphicImage id="image" value="/images/nature1.jpg" />
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3.69 ProgressBar
ProgressBar is a process status indicator that can either work purely on client side or interact with server side using ajax.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class propressBar org.primefaces.component.progressbar.ProgressBar org.primefaces.component.Progressbar org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ProgressBarRenderer org.primefaces.component.progressbar.ProgressBarRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the client side widget Value of the progress bar Disables or enables the progressbar Specifies the mode of progressBar, in ajax mode progress value is retrieved from a backing bean. Interval in seconds to do periodic requests in ajax mode. Inline style of the main container element. Style class of the main container element. Client side callback to execute when progress ends.
binding widgetVar value disabled ajax interval style styleClass oncomplete
null null 0 FALSE FALSE 3000 null null null
Object String Integer Boolean Boolean Integer String String String
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Name onCompleteUpdate completeListener onCancelUpdate cancelListener
Default null null null null
Type String MethodEx pr String MethodEx pr
Description Specifies component(s) to update with ajax when progress is completed A server side listener to be invoked when a progress is completed. Specifies component(s) to update with ajax when progress is cancelled A server side listener to be invoked when a progress is cancelled.
Getting started with the ProgressBar ProgressBar has two modes, "client"(default) or "ajax". Following is a pure client side progressBar.
<p:progressBar widgetVar="pb" /> <p:commandButton value="Start" type="button" onclick="start()" /> <p:commandButton value="Cancel" type="button" onclick="cancel()" /> <script type="text/javascript"> function start() { this.progressInterval = setInterval(function(){ pb.setValue(pbClient.getValue() + 10); }, 2000); } function cancel() { clearInterval(this.progressInterval); pb.setValue(0); } </script>
Ajax Progress Ajax mode is enabled by setting ajax attribute to true, in this case the value defined on a managed bean is retrieved peridically and used to update the progress.
<p:progressBar ajax="true" value="#{progressBean.progress}" />
public class ProgressBean { } private int progress; //getter and setter
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Interval ProgressBar is based on polling and 3000 milliseconds is the default interval for ajax progress bar meaning every 3 seconds progress value will be recalculated. In order to set a different value, use the interval attribute.
<p:progressBar interval="5000" />
Ajax Event Listeners If youd like to execute custom logic on server side when progress is completed or cancelled, define a completeListener or cancelListener respectively that refers to a java method. Optionally oncompleteUpdate and onCancelUpdate options can be defined to update a part of the page. Following example adds a faces message and updates the growl component to display it when progress is completed or cancelled.
public class ProgressBean { } private int progress; public void handleComplete() { //Add a faces message } public void handleCancel() { //Add a faces message } public int getProgress() { } public void setProgress(int progress) { this.progress = progress; }
<p:progressBar widgetVar="pb" value="#{progressBean.progress}" completeListener="#{progressBean.handleComplete}" onCompleteUpdate="messages" cancelListener="#{progressBean.handleCancel}" onCancelUpdate="messages" ajax="true"/> <p:growl id="messages" />
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Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.ProgressBar

Method getValue() setValue(value) start() cancel() Params value: Value to display Return Type Number void void void Description Returns current value Sets current value Starts ajax progress bar Stops ajax progress bar
Skinning ProgressBar resides in a main container which style and styleClass attributes apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-progressbar .ui-progressbar-value Applies Main container element of progressbar Value of the progressbar
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3.70 Push
Push component is an agent that creates a channel between the server and the client. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class push org.primefaces.component.push.Push org.primefaces.component.Push org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.PushRenderer org.primefaces.component.push.PushRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Unique channel name of the connection between subscriber and the server. Javascript event handler that is process when the server publishes data.
binding channel onpublish
null null null
Object Object Object
Getting started with the Push See chapter 6, "Ajax Push/Comet" for detailed information.
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3.71 Rating
Rating component features a star based rating system. Rating can be used as a plain input component or with ajax RateListeners.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class rating org.primefaces.component.rating.Rating org.primefaces.component.Rating org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.RatingRenderer org.primefaces.component.rating.RatingRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id Boolean value that specifies the lifecycle phase the valueChangeEvents should be processed, when true the events will be fired at "apply request values", if immediate is set to false, valueChange Events are fired in "process validations" phase Marks component as required
null null null
immediate
FALSE
Boolean
required
FALSE
Boolean
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Name validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage
Default null null null null null null 5 null null FALSE null
Type MethodExpr MethodExpr String String String String Integer MethodExpr String Boolean String
Description A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Name of the client side widget. Number of stars to display A server side listener to process a RateEvent Component(s) to update with ajax. Disabled user interaction Client side callback to execute when rate happens.
validatorMessage widgetVar
stars rateListener update disabled onRate
Getting Started with Rating Rating is an input component that takes a double variable as its value.
public class RatingBean { } private double rating; private double getRating() { return this.rating; } private void setRating(double rating) { this.rating = rating; }
<p:rating value="#{ratingBean.rating}" />
When the enclosing form is submitted value of the rating will be assigned to the rating variable. Number of Stars Default number of stars is 5, if you need less or more stars use the stars attribute. Following rating consists of 10 stars.
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<p:rating value="#{ratingController.rating}" stars="10"/>
Display Value Only In cases where you only want to use the rating component to display the rating value and disallow user interaction, set disabled to true. Ajax RateListeners In order to respond to rate events instantly rather than waiting for the user to submit the form, use the rateListener feature which sends an org.primefaces.event.RateEvent via an ajax request. On server side you can listen these RateEvent by defining RateListeners as MethodExpressions. Rating below responds to a rate event instantly and updates the message component whose value is provided by the defined rateListener.
<p:rating rateListener="#{ratingController.handleRate}" update="msgs"/> <p:messages id="msgs" />
public class RatingBean { } public void handleRate(RateEvent rateEvent) { int rating = (int) rateEvent.getRating(); //Add facesmessage }
Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.Rating

Method getValue() setValue(value) disable() enable() Params value: Value to set Return Type Number void void void Description Returns the current value Updates rating value with provided one. Disables component. Enables component.
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Skinning Following is the list of css classes for star rating;

Style Class .star-rating-control .rating-cancel .star-rating .star-rating-on .star-rating-hover Applies Main container element of progressbar Value of the progressbar Default star Active star Hover star
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3.72 RemoteCommand
RemoteCommand provides a way to execute JSF backing bean methods directly from javascript. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class remoteCommand org.primefaces.component.remotecommand.RemoteCommand org.primefaces.component.RemoteCommand org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.RemoteCommandRenderer org.primefaces.component.remotecommand.RemoteCommandRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolea Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean A method expression thatd be processed in the partial request caused by uiajax. An actionlistener thatd be processed in the partial request caused by uiajax. Boolean value that determines the phaseId, when true actions are processed at apply_request_values, when false at invoke_application phase. Name of the command When set to true, ajax requests are not queued. Component(s) to process partially instead of whole view. Component(s) to update with ajax. Javascript handler to execute before ajax request is begins. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request is completed.
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binding action actionListener immediate
null null null FALSE
Object MethodExpr MethodExpr Boolean
name async process update onstart oncomplete
null FALSE null null null null
String Boolean String String String String
Name onsuccess onerror global
Default null null TRUE String String
Type
Description Javascript handler to execute when ajax request succeeds. Javascript handler to execute when ajax request fails. Global ajax requests are listened by ajaxStatus component, setting global to false will not trigger ajaxStatus.
Boolean
Getting started with RemoteCommand RemoteCommand is used by invoking the command from your javascript code.
<p:remoteCommand name="increment" actionListener="#{counter.increment}" out="count" /> <h:outputText id="count" value="#{counter.count}" />
<script type="text/javascript"> function customfunction() { //your custom code } </script> increment(); //makes a remote call
Thats it whenever you execute your custom javascript function(eg customfunction()), a remote call will be made, actionListener is processed and output text is updated. Note that remoteCommand must be nested inside a form.
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3.73 Resizable
PrimeFaces features a resizable component that has the ability to make a JSF component resizable. Resizable can be used on various components like resize an input fields, panels, menus, images and more. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class resizable org.primefaces.component.resizable.Resizable org.primefaces.component.Resizable org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ResizableRenderer org.primefaces.component.resizable.ResizableRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the client side widget. Identifier of the target component to make resizable. Defines if aspectRatio should be kept or not. Displays proxy element instead of actual element. Specifies the resize handles. In ghost mode, resize helper is displayed as the original element with less opacity. Enables animation. Effect to use in animation. Effect duration of animation. Maximum width boundary in pixels.
binding widgetVar for aspectRatio proxy handles ghost animate effect effectDuration maxWidth
null null null FALSE FALSE null FALSE FALSE swing normal null
Object String String Boolean Boolean String Boolean Boolean String String Integer
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Name maxHeight minWidth minHeight containment grid onResizeUpdate resizeListener onStart onResize onStop
Default null 10 10 FALSE 1 null null null null null
Type Integer Integer Integer Boolean Integer String MethodExpr String String String
Description Maximum height boundary in pixels. Minimum width boundary in pixels. Maximum height boundary in pixels. Sets resizable boundaries as the parents size. Snaps resizing to grid structure. Component(s) to update after ajax resizing. Server side method to execute after resize is completed. Client side callback to execute when resizing begins. Client side callback to execute during resizing. Client side callback to execute after resizing end.
Getting started with Resizable Resizable is used by setting for option as the identifier of the target.
<p:graphicImage id="img" value="campnou.jpg" /> <p:resizable for="img" />
Another example is the input fields, if users need more space for a textarea, make it resizable by;
<h:inputTextarea id="area" value="Resize me if you need more space" /> <p:resizable for="area" />
Boundaries To prevent overlapping with other elements on page, boundaries need to be specified. Therere 4 attributes for this minWidth, maxWidth, minHeight and maxHeight. The valid values for these attributes are numbers in terms of pixels.
<h:inputTextarea id="area" value="Resize me if you need more space" /> <p:resizable for="area" minWidth="20" minHeight="40" maxWidth="50" maxHeight="100"/>
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Handles Resize handles to display are customize using handles attribute with a combination of n, e, s, w, ne, se, sw and nw as the value. Default value is "e, s, se".
<h:inputTextarea id="area" value="Resize me if you need more space" /> <p:resizable for="area" handles="e,w,n,se,sw,ne,nw"/>
Visual Feedback Resize helper is the element used to provide visual feedback during resizing. By default actual element itself is the helper and two options are available to customize the way feedback is provided. Enabling ghost option displays the element itself with a lower opacity, in addition enabling proxy option adds a css class called .ui-resizable-proxy which you can override to customize.
<h:inputTextarea id="area" value="Resize me if you need more space" /> <p:resizable for="area" proxy="true" />
.ui-resizable-proxy { border: 2px dotted #00F; }
Effects Resizing can be animated using animate option and setting an effect name. Animation speed is customized using effectDuration option "slow", "normal" and "fast" as valid values.
<h:inputTextarea id="area" value="Resize me if you need more space" /> <p:resizable for="area" animate="true" effect="swing" effectDuration="normal" />
Following is the list of available effect names;

swing easeInQuad easeOutQuad easeInOutQuad easeInCubic easeOutCubic easeInOutCubic easeInQuart easeOutQuart easeInOutQuart easeInQuint easeOutQuint easeInOutQuint easeInSine easeOutSine easeInExpo easeOutExpo easeInOutExpo easeInCirc easeOutCirc easeInOutCirc easeInElastic easeOutElastic easeInOutElastic easeInBack easeOutBack easeInOutBack easeInBounce easeOutBounce easeInOutBounce
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Ajax Resize If youd like to get notified on the server side on resize events, define a resizeListener to process an org.primefaces.event.ResizeEvent. Optionally other component(s) on page can be updated after ajax resizing using onResizeUpdate option.
<h:inputTextarea id="area" value="Resize me if you need more space" /> <p:resizable for="area" resizeListener="#{resizeBean.handleResize}" />
public class ResizeBean { } public void handleResize(ResizeEvent event) { int width = event.getWidth(); int height = event.getHeight(); }
Client Side Callbacks Resizable has three client side callbacks you can use to hook-in your javascript; onStart, onResize and onStop. All of these callbacks receive two parameters that provide various information about resize event.
<h:inputTextarea id="area" value="Resize me if you need more space" /> <p:resizable for="area" onStop="handleStop(event, ui)" />
function handleStop(event, ui) { //ui.helper = helper element as a jQuery object //ui.originalPosition = top, left position before resizing //ui.originalSize = width, height before resizing //ui.positon = top, left after resizing //ui.size = width height of current size }
Skinning
Style Class .ui-resizable .ui-resizable-handle .ui-resizable-handle-{handlekey} .ui-resizable-proxy Element that is resizable Handle element Particular handle element identified by handlekey like e, s, ne Proxy helper element for visual feedback
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3.74 Resource
Deprecated: Resource component has no use in PrimeFaces 2.2, use h:outputStylesheet and h:outputScript components instead.
Resource component manually adds resources like javascript and css bundled with PrimeFaces to a page. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class resource org.primefaces.component.resource.Resource org.primefaces.component.Resource org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ResourceRenderer org.primefaces.component.resource.ResourceRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Path of the resource
binding name
null null
Object String
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3.75 Resources
Deprecated: Resource component has no use in PrimeFaces 2.2, a page just needs to have standard h:head component instead.
Resources component renders all script and link tags necessary for PrimeFaces component to to work. Info
Tag Tag Class Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class resources org.primefaces.component.resources.ResourcesTag org.primefaces.component.resources.Resources org.primefaces.component.Resources org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ResourcesRenderer org.primefaces.component.resources.ResourcesRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default Assigned by JSF TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Comma separated list of resources to be excluded.
binding exclude
null null
Object String
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3.76 Row
Row is a helper component for datatable. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family row org.primefaces.component.row.Row org.primefaces.component.Row org.primefaces.component
Attributes
binding
null
Object
Getting Started with Row See datatable grouping section for more information about how row is used.
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3.77 RowEditor
RowToggler is a helper component for datatable. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class rowEditor org.primefaces.component.roweditor.RowEditor org.primefaces.component.RowEditor org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.RowEditorRenderer org.primefaces.component.roweditor.RowEditorRenderer
Attributes
binding
null
Object
Getting Started with RowEditor See inline editing section in datatable documentation for more information about usage.
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3.78 RowExpansion
RowExpansion is a helper component of datatable used to implement expandable rows. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family rowExpansion org.primefaces.component.rowexpansion.RowExpansion org.primefaces.component.RowExpansion org.primefaces.component
Attributes
binding
null
Object
Getting Started with RowExpansion See datatable expandable rows section for more information about how rowExpansion is used.
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3.79 RowToggler
RowToggler is a helper component for datatable. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class rowToggler org.primefaces.component.rowtoggler.RowToggler org.primefaces.component.RowToggler org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.RowTogglerRenderer org.primefaces.component.rowtoggler.RowTogglerRenderer
Attributes
binding
null
Object
Getting Started with Row See expandable rows section in datatable documentation for more information about usage.
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3.80 Schedule
Schedule provides an Outlook Calendar, iCal like JSF component to manage events. Schedule is highly customizable featuring various views (month, day, week), built-in I18N, drag-drop, resize, customizable event dialog and skinning.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class schedule org.primefaces.component.schedule.Schedule org.primefaces.component.Schedule org.primefaces org.primefaces.component.ScheduleRenderer org.primefaces.component.schedule.ScheduleRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Name of the client side widget. An org.primefaces.model.ScheduleModel instance representing the backed model Locale for localization, can be String or a java.util.Locale instance
binding widgetVar value locale
null null null null
Object String Object Object
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Name aspectRatio view
Default null month
Type Float String
Description Ratio of calendar width to height, higher the value shorter the height is The view type to use, possible values are 'month', 'agendaDay', 'agendaWeek', 'basicWeek', 'basicDay' The initial date that is used when schedule loads. If ommitted, the schedule starts on the current date Specifies inclusion Saturday/Sunday columns in any of the views Style of the main container element of schedule Style class of the main container element of schedule Defines whether calendar can be modified. When true, events are draggable. When true, events are resizable. A server side listener to invoke when an event is selected A server side listener to invoke when a date is selected A server side listener to invoke when a date is moved A server side listener to invoke when a date is resized Components to update with ajax when an event is selected, by default event dialog is updated Components to update with ajax when an empty date is selected, by default event dialog is updated Components to update with ajax when an event is moved. Components to update with ajax when an event is resized. Client side callback to execute when event select begins. Client side callback to execute when event select completes.
initialDate
null
Object
showWeekends style styleClass editable draggable resizable eventSelectListener dateSelectListener eventMoveListener eventResizeListener onEventSelectUpdate
TRUE null null FALSE FALSE FALSE null null null null null
Boolean String String Boolean Boolean Boolean MethodExpr MethodExpr MethodExpr MethodExpr String
onDateSelectUpdate
null
String
onEventMoveUpdate onEventResizeUpdate onEventSelectStart onEventSelectComplete
null null null null
String String String String
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Name onDateSelectStart onDateSelectComplete showHeader leftHeaderTemplate centerHeaderTemplate rightHeaderTemplate
Default null null TRUE prev, next today title month, agendaWeek, agendaDay TRUE 30 6 null null 0
Type String String Boolean String String String
Description Client side callback to execute when date select begins. Client side callback to execute when date select begins. Specifies visibility of header content. Content of left side of header. Content of center of header. Content of right side of header.
allDaySlot slotMinutes firstHour minTime maxTime startWeekday
Boolean Integer Integer String String Integer
Determines if all-day slot will be displayed in agendaWeek or agendaDay views Interval in minutes in an hour to create a slot. First hour to display in day view. Minimum time to display in a day view. Maximum time to display in a day view. Specifies first day of week, by default it's 0 corresponding to sunday
Getting started with Schedule Schedule needs to be backed by a org.primefaces.model.ScheduleModel instance, a schedule model consists of org.primefaces.model.ScheduleEvent instances.
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" />
public class ScheduleBean { } private ScheduleModel model; public ScheduleBean() { eventModel = new ScheduleModel<ScheduleEvent>(); eventModel.addEvent(new DefaultScheduleEvent("title", new Date(), new Date())); } public ScheduleModel getModel() { return model; }
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DefaultScheduleEvent is the default implementation of ScheduleEvent interface;

package org.primefaces.model; import java.io.Serializable; import java.util.Date; public interface ScheduleEvent extends Serializable { } public public public public public public public public String getId(); void setId(String id); Object getData(); String getTitle(); Date getStartDate(); Date getEndDate(); boolean isAllDay(); String getStyleClass();
Mandatory properties required to create a new event are the title, start date and end date. Other properties such as allDay get sensible default values. Table below describes each property in detail.
Property id title startDate endDate allDay styleClass data Description Used internally by PrimeFaces, you dont need to define it manually as id is autogenerated. Title of the event. Start date of type java.util.Date. End date of type java.util.Date. Flag indicating event is all day. Visual style class to enable multi resource display. Optional data you can set to be represented by Event.
Selecting an Event EventSelectListener is invoked each time an event is clicked on an editable schedule.
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" editable="true" eventSelectListener="#{scheduleBean.onEventSelect}" />
public void onEventSelect(ScheduleEntrySelectEvent selectEvent) { ScheduleEvent event = selectEvent.getScheduleEvent(); }
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onEventSelect listener above gets the selected event and sets it to ScheduleBeans event property to display. Optionally schedule has onEventSelectUpdate option to update any other component(s) on page, onEventSelectStart and onEventSelectComplete are client side callbacks to execute custom javascript. Selecting a Date DateSelectListener is fired when an empty date is clicked which is useful to update the UI with selected date information. DateSelectListener in following example, resets the event and configures start/end dates to display in dialog.
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" editable="true" dateSelectListener="#{scheduleBean.onDateSelect}" />
public void onDateSelect(DateSelectEvent selectEvent) { Date selectedDate = selectEvent.getDate(); }
Optionally schedule has onDateSelectEventUpdate option to update any other component(s) on page, onDateSelectStart and onDateSelectComplete are client side callbacks to execute custom javascript. Moving an Event Events can be dragged and dropped into new dates, to get notified about this with ajax, define a server side eventMoveListener.
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" editable="true" eventMoveListener="#{scheduleBean.onEventMove}" />
public void onEventMove(ScheduleEntryMoveEvent selectEvent) { ScheduleEvent event = selectEvent.getScheduleEvent(); int dayDelta = selectEvent.getDayDelta(); int minuteDelta = selectEvent.getMinuteDelta(); }
org.primefaces.event.ScheduleEntryMoveEvent passed to this listener provides useful information like the event that is moved and the difference in number of days/minutes. Note that by the time this listener invoked, schedule already updated moved events start and end dates, the delta values are provided for information purposes so you can persist these information instantly. Optionally schedule has onEventMoveUpdate option to update any other component(s) on page after an event is moved and defined eventMoveListener is invoked.
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Resizing an Event Events can be resized, to get notified about this user interaction with ajax, define a server side eventResizeListener.
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" editable="true" eventResizeListener="#{scheduleBean.onEventResize}" />
public void onEventMove(ScheduleEntryResizeEvent selectEvent) { ScheduleEvent event = selectEvent.getScheduleEvent(); int dayDelta = selectEvent.getDayDelta(); int minuteDelta = selectEvent.getMinuteDelta(); }
org.primefaces.event.ScheduleEntryResizeEvent passed to this listener provides useful information like the event that is resized and the difference in number of days/minutes. Note that by the time this listener invoked, schedule already update moved events end date, the delta values are provided for information purposes. Optionally schedule has onEventResizeUpdate option to update any other component(s) on page after an event is resized and defined eventResizedListener is invoked. Ajax Updates Schedule has a quite complex UI which is generated on-the-fly by the client side PrimeFaces.widget.Schedule widget to save bandwidth and increase page load performance. As a result when you try to update schedule like with a regular PrimeFacess PPR, you may notice a UI lag as the DOM will be regenerated and replaced. Instead, Schedule provides a simple client side api and the update method. Whenever you call update, schedule will query its server side ScheduleModel instance to check for updates, transport method used to load events dynamically is JSON, as a result this approach is much more effective then updating with regular PPR. An example of this is demonstrated at editable schedule example, save button is calling myschedule.update() at oncomplete event handler. Editable Schedule Lets put it altogether to come up a fully editable and complex schedule. Well use event and date event hooks and a dialog to implement this.
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<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" editable="true" idgetVar="myschedule" w eventSelectListener="#{scheduleBean.onEventSelect}" onEventSelectUpdate="eventDetails" onEventSelectComplete="eventDialog.show()" dateSelectListener="#{scheduleBean.onDateSelect}" onDateSelectUpdate="eventDetails onDateSelectComplete="eventDialog.show()" /> <p:dialog widgetVar="eventDialog" header="Event Details" showEffect="clip" hideEffect="clip"> <h:panelGrid id="eventDetails" columns="2"> <h:outputLabel for="title" value="Title:" /> <h:inputText id="title" value="#{scheduleBean.event.title}" required="true"/> <h:outputLabel for="from" value="From:" /> <p:inputMask id="from" value="#{scheduleBean.event.startDate}" mask="99/99/9999"> <f:convertDateTime pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" /> </p:inputMask> <h:outputLabel for="to" value="To:" /> <p:inputMask id="to" value="#{scheduleBean.event.endDate}" mask="99/99/9999"> <f:convertDateTime pattern="dd/MM/yyyy" /> </p:inputMask> <h:outputLabel for="allDay" value="All Day:" /> <h:selectBooleanCheckbox id="allDay" value="#{scheduleBean.event.allDay}" /> <p:commandButton type="reset" value="Reset" /> <p:commandButton value="Save" actionListener="#{scheduleBean.addEvent}" oncomplete="myschedule.update();eventDialog.hide();"/> </h:panelGrid> </p:dialog>
public class ScheduleBean { private ScheduleModel<ScheduleEvent> model; private ScheduleEventImpl event = new DefaultScheduleEvent(); public ScheduleBean() { eventModel = new ScheduleModel<ScheduleEvent>(); } public ScheduleModel<ScheduleEvent> getModel() { return model; } public ScheduleEventImpl getEvent() { return event; } public void setEvent(ScheduleEventImpl event) { this.event = event; } public void addEvent() { if(event.getId() == null) eventModel.addEvent(event); else eventModel.updateEvent(event); event = new DefaultScheduleEvent(); }
//reset dialog form
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public void onEventSelect(ScheduleEntrySelectEvent e) { event = e.getScheduleEvent(); } public void onDateSelect(DateSelectEvent e) { event = new DefaultScheduleEvent("", e.getDate(), e.getDate()); }
Lazy Loading Schedule assumes whole set of events are eagerly provided in ScheduleModel, if you have a huge data set of events, lazy loading features would help to improve performance. In lazy loading mode, only the events that belong to the displayed time frame are fetched whereas in default eager more all events need to be loaded.
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.lazyModel}" />
To enable lazy loading of Schedule events, you just need to provide an instance of org.primefaces.model.LazyScheduleModel and implement the loadEvents methods. loadEvents method is called with new boundaries every time displayed timeframe is changed.
public class ScheduleBean { } private ScheduleModel lazyModel; public ScheduleBean() { } public ScheduleModel getLazyModel() { return lazyModel; } lazyModel = new LazyScheduleModel() { }; @Override public void loadEvents(Date start, Date end) { //addEvent(...); //addEvent(...); }
Customizing Header Header controls of Schedule can be customized based on templates, valid values of template options are;
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title: Text of current month/week/day information prev: Button to move calendar back one month/week/day. next: Button to move calendar forward one month/week/day. prevYear: Button to move calendar back one year nextYear: Button to move calendar forward one year today: Button to move calendar to current month/week/day. viewName: Button to change the view type based on the view type.
These controls can be placed at three locations on header which are defined with leftHeaderTemplate, rightHeaderTemplate and centerTemplate attributes.
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" leftHeaderTemplate"today" rightHeaderTemplate="prev,next" centerTemplate="month, agendaWeek, agendaDay" </p:schedule>
Views 5 different views are supported, these are "month", "agendaWeek", "agendaDay", "basicWeek" and "basicDay". agendaWeek
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" view="agendaWeek"/>
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agendaDay
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" view="agendaDay"/>
basicWeek
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" view="basicWeek"/>
basicDay
<p:schedule value="#{scheduleBean.model}" view="basicDay"/>
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Locale Support Schedule has built-in support for various languages and default is English. Locale information is retrieved from view locale and can be overridden to be a constant using locale attribute. As view locale information is calculated by JSF, depending on user-agent information, schedule can automatically configure itself, as an example if the user is using a browser accepting primarily Turkish language, schedule will implicitly display itself in Turkish. Here is the full list of languages supported out of the box.
Key tr ca pt it fr es de ja fi hu Language Turkish Catalan Portuguese Italian French Spanish German Japanese Finnish Hungarian
If youd like to add a new language, feel free to apply a patch and contact PrimeFaces team for any questions. Each language translation is located in a javascript bundle object called PrimeFaces.widget.ScheduleResourceBundle. You can easily customize this object to add more languages in your application.
<script type="text/javascript"> PrimeFaces.widget.ScheduleResourceBundle[key] = { monthsNameShort:[], monthNames: [], dayNamesShort: [], today: "", month: "", week : "", day : "", allDayText : "" }; </script>
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Skinning Schedule resides in a main container which style and styleClass attributes apply. As skinning style classes are global, see the main Skinning section for more information. Here is an example based on a different theme;
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3.81 Separator
Seperator displays a horizontal line to separate content.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class separator org.primefaces.component.separator.Separator org.primefaces.component.Separator org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.Separator org.primefaces.component.separator.Separator
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Advisory tooltip informaton. Inline style of the separator. Style class of the separator.
binding title style styleClass
null null null null
Getting started with Separator In its simplest form, separator is used as;
//content <p:separator /> //content
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Dimensions Separator renders a <hr /> tag which style and styleClass options apply.
<p:separator style="width:500px;height:20px" />
Skinning As mentioned in dimensions section, style and styleClass options can be used to style the separator. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Class .ui-separator Separator element Applies
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3.82 Slider
Slider is used to provide input with various customization options like orientation, display modes and skinning.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class slider org.primefaces.component.slider.Slider org.primefaces.component.Slider org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.SliderRenderer org.primefaces.component.slider.SliderRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Id of the input text that the slider will be used for Id of the component to display the slider value. Minimum value of the slider Maximum value of the slider Inline style of the container element Style class of the container element Boolean value to enable/disable the animated move when background of slider is clicked Sets the type of the slider, "horizontal" or "vertical". Fixed pixel increments that the slider move in Disables or enables the slider.
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binding for display minValue maxValue style styleClass animate type step disabled
null null null 0 100 null null TRUE horizontal 1 FALSE
Object String String Integer Integer String String Boolean String Integer Boolean
Name onSlideStart onSlide onSlideEnd slideEndListener onSlideEndUpdate
Default null null null null null
Type String String String MethodExpr String
Description Client side callback to execute when slide begins. Client side callback to execute during sliding. Client side callback to execute when slide ends. Server side method to execute when slide ends. Component(s) to update after ajax sliding.
Getting started with Slider Slider requires an input component to work with, for attribute is used to set the id of the input text component whose input will be provided by the slider.
public class SliderBean { } private int number; public int getNumber() { return number; } public void setNumber(int number) { this.number = number; }
<h:inputText id="number" value="#{sliderBean.number}" /> <p:slider for="number" />
Display Value Using display feature, you can present a readonly display value and still use slider to provide input, in this case for should refer to a hidden input to bind the value.
<h:inputHidden id="number" value="#{sliderBean.number}" /> <h:outputText value="Set ratio to %" /> <h:outputText id="output" value="#{sliderBean.number}" /> <p:slider for="number" display="output" />
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Vertical Slider By default sliders orientation is horizontal, vertical sliding is also supported and can be set using the type attribute.
<h:inputText id="number" value="#{sliderController.number}" /> <p:slider for="number" type="vertical" minValue="0" maxValue="200"/>
Step Step factor defines the interval between each point during sliding. Default value is one and it is customized using step option.
<h:inputText id="number" value="#{sliderBean.number}" /> <p:slider for="number" step="10" />
Animation Sliding is animated by default, if you want to turn it of animate attribute set the animate option to false. Boundaries Maximum and minimum boundaries for the sliding is defined using minValue and maxValue attributes. Following slider can slide between -100 and +100.
<h:inputText id="number" value="#{sliderBean.number}" /> <p:slider for="number" minValue="-100" maxValue="100"/>
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Client Side Callbacks Slider provides three callbacks to hook-in your custom javascript, onSlideStart, onSlide and onSlideEnd. All of these callbacks receive two parameters; slide event and the ui object containing information about the event.
<h:inputText id="number" value="#{sliderBean.number}" /> <p:slider for="number" onSlideEnd="handleSlideEnd(event, ui)"/>
function handleSlideEnd(event, ui) { //ui.helper = Handle element of slider //ui.value = Current value of slider }
Ajax Slider In case you need to invoke a method on a managed bean, bind a slideEndListener which takes an org.primefaces.event.SlideEndEvent as a parameter. Optionally onSlideEndUpdate option can be used to update other components on page after slide ends.
<h:inputText id="number" value="#{sliderBean.number}" /> <p:slider for="number" slideEndListener="#{sliderBean.onSlideEnd}" onSlideEndUpdate="msgs" /> <p:messages id="msgs" />
public class SliderBean { } private int number; public int getNumber() { return number; } public void setNumber(int number) { this.number = number; } public void onSlideEnd(SlideEndEvent event) { int value = event.getValue(); //add faces message }
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Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.Slider

Method getValue() setValue(value) disable() enable() Params value: Value to set index: Index of tab to disable index: Index of tab to enable Return Type Number void void void Description Returns the current value Updates slider value with provided one. Disables slider. Enables slider.
Skinning Slider resides in a main container which style and styleClass attributes apply. These attributes are handy to specify the dimensions of the slider. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Class .ui-slider .ui-slider-horizontal .ui-slider-vertical .ui-slider-handle Applies Main container element Main container element of horizontal slider Main container element of vertical slider Slider handle
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3.83 Spacer
Spacer is used to put spaces between elements. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class spacer org.primefaces.component.spacer.Spacer org.primefaces.component.Spacer org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.SpacerRenderer org.primefaces.component.spacer.SpacerRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Advisory tooltip informaton. Inline style of the spacer. Style class of the spacer. Width of the space. Height of the space.
binding title style styleClass width height
null null null null null null
Object String String String String String
Getting started with Spacer Spacer is used by either specifying width or height of the space.
Spacer in this example separates this text <p:spacer width="100" height="10"> and <p:spacer width="100" height="10"> this text.
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3.84 Spinner
Spinner is an input component to provide a numerical input via increment and decrement buttons.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class spinner org.primefaces.component.spinner.Spinner org.primefaces.component.Spinner org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.SpinnerRenderer org.primefaces.component.spinner.SpinnerRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding value converter Default null TRUE null null null Type String Boolean Object Object Convert er/String Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id Boolean value that specifies the lifecycle phase the valueChangeEvents should be processed, when true the events will be fired at "apply request values", if immediate is set to false, valueChange Events are fired in "process validations" phase Marks component as required A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input
immediate
FALSE
Boolean
required validator
FALSE null
Boolean Method Expr
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Name valueChangeListener requiredMessage converterMessage validatorMessage widgetVar stepFactor min max prefix suffix showOn width accesskey alt autocomplete dir disabled label lang maxlength onblur onchange onclick ondblclick
Default null null null null null 1 null null null null null null null null null null FALSE null null null null null null null
Type Method Expr String String String String Double Double Double String String String Integer String String String String Boolean String String Integer String String String String
Description A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails. Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields. Name of the client side widget. Stepping factor for each increment and decrement Minimum boundary value Maximum boundary value Prefix of the input Suffix of the input Defines when the the buttons would be displayed. Width of the buttons Access key that when pressed transfers focus to the input element. Alternate textual description of the input field. Controls browser autocomplete behavior. Direction indication for text that does not inherit directionality. Valid values are LTR and RTL. Disables input field A localized user presentable name. Code describing the language used in the generated markup for this component. Maximum number of characters that may be entered in this field. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus. Client side callback to execute when input element loses focus and its value has been modified since gaining focus. Client side callback to execute when input element is clicked. Client side callback to execute when input element is double clicked.
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Name onfocus onkeydown onkeypress onkeyup onmousedown onmousemove onmouseout onmouseover onmouseup onselect readonly size style styleClass tabindex title
Default null null null null null null null null null null FALSE null null null null null
Type String String String String String String String String String String Boolean Integer String String Integer String
Description Client side callback to execute when input element receives focus. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed down over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is pressed and released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a key is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is pressed down over input element Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved within input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved away from input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is moved onto input element. Client side callback to execute when a pointer button is released over input element. Client side callback to execute when text within input element is selected by user. Flag indicating that this component will prevent changes by the user. Number of characters used to determine the width of the input element. Inline style of the input element. Style class of the input element. Position of the input element in the tabbing order. Advisory tooltip informaton.
Getting Started with Spinner Spinner is an input component and used just like a standard input text.
public class SpinnerBean { } private int number; //getter and setter
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<p:spinner value="#{spinnerBean.number}" />
Step Factor Other than integers, spinner also support decimals so the fractional part can be controller with spinner as well. For decimals use the stepFactor attribute to specify stepping amount. Following example uses a stepFactor 0.25.
<p:spinner value="#{spinnerBean.number}" stepFactor="0.25"/>
public class SpinnerBean { } private double number; //getter and setter
Output of this spinner would be;
After an increment happens a couple of times.
Prefix and Suffix Prefix and Suffix options enable placing fixed strings on input field. Note that you would need to use a converter to avoid conversion errors since prefix/suffix will also be posted.
<p:spinner value="#{spinnerBean.number}" prefix="$"> <f:convertNumber currencySymbol="$" type="currency" /> </p:spinner>
Boundaries In order to restrict the boundary values, use min and max options.
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<p:spinner value="#{spinnerBean.number}" min="0" max="100"/>
Button Width Button width is specified in pixels and customized with width option.
<p:spinner value="#{spinnerBean.number}" width="32" />
Ajax Spinner Spinner can be ajaxified using client behaviors like f:ajax or p:ajax. In example below, an ajax request is done to update the outputtext with new value whenever a spinner button is clicked.
<p:spinner value="#{spinnerBean.number}"> <p:ajax update="display" /> </p:spinner> <h:outputText id="display" value="#{spinnerBean.number}" />
Skinning Spinner consists of an input field and two buttons, input field is styled using style and styleClass options. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Class .ui-spinner .ui-spinner-buttons .ui-spinner-up .ui-spinner-down Applies Main container element of spinner Container of buttons Increment button Decrement button
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3.85 Submenu
Submenu is nested in menu components and represents a sub menu items. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family submenu org.primefaces.component.submenu.Submenu org.primefaces.component.Submenu org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Label of the submenu header. Icon of a submenu, see menuitem to see how it is used
binding label icon
null null null
Object String String
Getting started with Submenu Please see Menu or Menubar section to find out how submenu is used with the menus.
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3.86 Stack
Stack is a navigation component that mimics the stacks feature in Mac OS X.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class stack org.primefaces.component.stack.Stack org.primefaces.component.Stack org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.StackRenderer org.primefaces.component.stack.StackRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. An optional image to contain stacked items. Speed of the animation when opening the stack. Speed of the animation when opening the stack. Javascript variable name of the client side widget. MenuModel instance to create menus programmatically
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binding icon openSpeed closeSpeed widgetVar model
null null 300 300 null null
Object String String Integer String MenuModel
Getting started with Stack Each item in the stack is represented with menuitems. Stack below has five items with different icons and labels.
<p:stack icon="/images/stack/stack.png"> <p:menuitem value="Aperture" icon="/images/stack/aperture.png" url="#"/> <p:menuitem value="Photoshop" icon="/images/stack/photoshop.png" url="#"/> //... </p:stack>
Initially stack will be rendered in collapsed mode;
Location Stack is a fixed positioned element and location can be change via css. Theres one important css selector for stack called .ui-stack. Override this style to change the location of stack.
.ui-stack { bottom: 28px; right: 40px; }
Dynamic Menus Menus can be created programmatically as well, see the dynamic menus part in menu component section for more information and an example. Skinning
Class .ui-stack .ui-stack ul li .ui-stack ul li img .ui-stack ul li span Applies Main container element of stack Each item in stack Icon of a stack item Label of a stack item
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3.87 Tab
Tab is a generic container component used by other PrimeFaces components such as tabView or accordionPanel. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family tabView org.primefaces.component.TabView.Tab org.primefaces.component.Tab org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Title text of the tab
binding title
null null
Object Boolean
Getting started with the Tab See the sections of components who utilize tab component for more information.
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3.88 TabView
TabView is a tabbed panel component featuring client side tabs, dynamic content loading with ajax and content transition effects.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class tabView org.primefaces.component. tabview.TabView org.primefaces.component.TabView org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.TabViewRenderer org.primefaces.component.tabview.TabViewRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean. Variable name of the client side widget. Index of the active tab. Name of the transition effect. Duration of the transition effect. Specifies the toggleMode.
binding widgetVar activeIndex effect effectDuration dynamic
null null 0 null null FALSE
Object String Integer String String Boolean
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Name cache
Default TRUE
Type Boolean
Description When tab contents are lazy loaded by ajax toggleMode, caching only retrieves the tab contents once and subsequent toggles of a cached tab does not communicate with server. If caching is turned off, tab contents are reloaded from server each time tab is clicked. Specifies if all tabs can be collapsed. Dom event to use to activate a tab. Server side listener to invoke when a tab changes. Component(s) to update after invoking a tabChangeListener. Client side callback to execute when a tab is clicked. Client side callback to execute when a tab is shown. Inline style of the main container. Style class of the main container.
collapsible event tabChangeListener onTabChangeUpdate onTabChange onTabShow style styleClass
FALSE click null null null null null null
Boolean String MethodExpr String String String String String
Getting started with the TabView TabView requires one more child tab components to display.
<p:tabView> <p:tab title="Tab One"> <h:outputText value="Lorem" /> </p:tab> <p:tab title="Tab Two"> <h:outputText value="Ipsum" /> </p:tab> <p:tab title="Tab Three"> <h:outputText value="Dolor" /> </p:tab> </p:tabView>
Dynamic Tabs Therere two toggleModes in tabview, non-dynamic (default) and dynamic. By default, all tab contents are rendered to the client, on the other hand in dynamic mode, only the active tab contents are rendered and when an inactive tab header is selected, content is loaded with ajax. Dynamic mode is handy in reducing page size, since inactive tabs are lazy loaded, pages will load faster. To enable dynamic loading, simply set dynamic option to true.
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<p:tabView dynamic="true"> //tabs </p:tabView>
Content Caching Dynamically loaded tabs cache their contents by default, by doing so, reactivating a tab doesnt result in an ajax request since contents are cached. If you want to reload content of a tab each time a tab is selected, turn off caching by cache to false.
<p:tabView dynamic="true" cache="false"> //tabs </p:tabView>
Effects Content transition effects are controlled with effect and effectDuration attributes. opacity, height and width are available choices for effect to use. EffectDuration specifies the speed of the effect, slow, normal (default) and fast are the valid options.
<p:tabView effect="opacity" effectDuration="fast"> //tabs </p:tabView>
TabChangeListener In case you need to invoke a server side method when an inactive tab is clicked, bind a tabChangeListener. Your method will be invoked by passing an org.primefaces.event. TabChangeEvent as a parameter, optionally other component(s) on page can be updated with onTabChangeUpdate option.
<p:tabView tabChangeListener="#{tabBean.onChange}" onTabChangeUpdate="msgs"> //tabs </p:tabView> <p:messages id="msgs" />
public class TabBean { } public void onChange(TabChangeEvent event) { Tab newTab = event.getTab(); //add facesmessage }
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For both dynamic loading and tabChangeListener features to work, at least one form needs to present on page, location of the form does not matter.
Client Side Callbacks Similar to tabChangeListener on the server side, tabview has two callbacks for client side as well. onTabChange is executed when an inactive tab is clicked and onTabShow is executed when an inactive tab becomes active to be shown. Both events get two parameters containing information about the state.
<p:tabView onTabChange="handleTabChange(event, ui)"> //tabs </p:tabView>
function handleTabChange(event, ui) { //ui.tab = title element of the selected tab //ui.panel = container element of the selected tab //ui.index = index of the selected tab }
Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.TabView

Method select(index) selectTab(index) Params index: Index of tab to display index: Index of tab to display Return Type void void Description Activates tab with given index (Deprecated, use select instead) Activates tab with given index Disables tab with given index Enables tab with given index Adds a new tab by loading content from a local url Removes tab with given index Returns the number of tabs Returns index of current tab
disable(index) enable(index) add(url, label, index)
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void void void
remove(index) getLength() getActiveIndex()
void Number Number
Skinning Following is the list of structural style classes;

Class .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-panel Applies Main tabview container element Main container of tab headers Each tab container
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3.89 Terminal
Terminal is an ajax powered web based terminal that brings desktop terminals to JSF.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class terminal org.primefaces.component.terminal.Terminal org.primefaces.component.Terminal org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.TerminalRenderer org.primefaces.component.terminal.TerminalRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Width of the terminal Height of the terminal Welcome message to be displayed on initial load. Primary prompt text.
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binding width height welcomeMessage prompt
null null null null prime $
Object String String String String
Name commandHandler widgetVar
Default null null
Type MethodExpr String
Description Method to be called with arguments to process. Name of the client side widget.
Getting started with the Terminal A command handler is necessary to interpret commands entered in terminal.
<p:terminal commandHandler="#{terminalBean.handleCommand}" />
public class TerminalBean { } public String handleCommand(String command, String[] params) { if(command.equals("greet")) return "Hello " + params[0]; else if(command.equals("date")) return new Date().toString(); else return command + " not found"; }
Whenever a command is sent to the server, handleCommand method is invoked with the command name and the command arguments as a String array. Focus To add focus on terminal, use client side api, following example shows how to add focus on a terminal nested inside a dialog;
<p:commandButton type="Show Terminal" type="button" onclick="dlg.show();term.focus();"/> <p:dialog widgetVar="dlg" width="600" height="400" header="Terminal"> <p:terminal widgetVar="term" commandHandler="#{terminalBean.handleCommand}" width="590px" /> </p:dialog>
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3.90 ThemeSwitcher
ThemeSwitcher enables switching PrimeFaces themes on the fly with no page refresh.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class themeSwitcher org.primefaces.component.themeswitcher.ThemeSwitcher org.primefaces.component.ThemeSwitcher org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ThemeSwitcherRenderer org.primefaces.component.themeswitcher.ThemeSwitcherRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Default theme to load. Width of switcher menu.
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binding theme width
null null 150
Object String Integer
Name height buttonHeight initialText buttonPreText onSelect widgetVar
Default 200 14 Switch Theme Theme: null null
Type Integer Integer String String String String
Description Height of switcher menu. Height of switcher button. Initial text to display before a theme is chosen. Prefix text displayed on button. Client side callback to execute when a theme is selected. Name of the client side widget.
Getting started with the ThemeSwitcher In its simplest form, themeSwitcher is used with no required setting. ThemeSwitcher loads the selected themes from jQuery UI project page so online connection is required.
<p:themeSwitcher />
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3.91 Toolbar
Toolbar is a horizontal grouping component for commands and other content.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class toolbar org.primefaces.component.toolbar.Toolbar org.primefaces.component.Toolbar org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.ToolbarRenderer org.primefaces.component.toolbar.ToolbarRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered null TRUE Default Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Inline style of the container element. Style class of the container element.
binding style styleClass
null null null
Getting Started with the Toolbar Toolbar has two placeholders(left and right) that are defined with toolbarGroup component.
<p:toolbar> <p:toolbarGroup align="left"> </p:toolbarGroup> <p:toolbarGroup align="right"> </p:toolbarGroup> </p:toolbar>
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Any number of components can be placed inside toolbarGroups. Additionally p:divider component can be used to separate items in toolbar. Here is an example;
<p:toolbar> <p:toolbarGroup align="left"> <p:commandButton type="push" value="New" image="ui-icon-document" /> <p:commandButton type="push" value="Open" image="ui-icon-folder-open"/> <p:divider />
<p:commandButton type="push" title="Save" image="ui-icon-disk"/> <p:commandButton type="push" title="Delete" image="ui-icon-trash"/> <p:commandButton type="push" title="Print" image="ui-icon-print"/> </p:toolbarGroup> <p:divider />
<p:toolbarGroup align="right"> <p:menuButton value="Navigate"> <p:menuitem value="Home" url="#" /> <p:menuitem value="Logout" url="#" /> </p:menuButton> </p:toolbarGroup> </p:toolbar>
Skinning Toolbar resides in a container element which style and styleClass options apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Style Class .ui-toolbar .ui-toolbar .ui-divider .ui-toolbar-group-left .ui-toolbar-group-right Main container Divider in a toolbar Left toolbarGroup container Right toolbarGroup container Applies
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3.92 ToolbarGroup
ToolbarbarGroup is a helper component for Toolbar component to define placeholders. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family toolbarGroup org.primefaces.component.toolbar.ToolbarGroup org.primefaces.component.ToolbarGroup org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered null TRUE Default Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Defines the alignment within toolbar, valid values are left and right. Inline style of the container element. Style class of the container element.
binding align style styleClass
null null null null
Getting Started with the ToolbarGroup See toolbar documentation for more information about how Toolbar Group is used.
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3.93 Tooltip
Tooltip goes beyond the legacy html title attribute by providing custom effects, events, html content and advance theme support.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class tooltip org.primefaces.component.tooltip.Tooltip org.primefaces.component.Tooltip org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.TooltipRenderer org.primefaces.component.tooltip.TooltipRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id Name of the client side widget. A global tooltip converts each title attribute to a tooltip. The corner of the target element to position the tooltip by. The corner of the tooltip to position the targets position.
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null null null
widgetVar global targetPosition position
null FALSE bottomRig ht topLeft
String Boolean String String
Name showEvent showDelay showEffect showEffectLength hideEvent hideDelay hideEffect hideEffectLength for forElement
Default mouseover 140 fade 100 mouseout 0 fade 100 null null
Type String Integer String Integer String Integer String Integer String String
Description Event displaying the tooltip. Delay time for displaying the tooltip. Effect to be used for displaying. Time in milliseconds to display the effect. Event hiding the tooltip. Delay time for hiding the tooltip. Effect to be used for hiding. Time in milliseconds to process the hide effect. Id of the component to attach the tooltip. Id of the html element to attach the tooltip.
Getting started with the Tooltip Tooltip is used by nesting it as a child of its target. Tooltip below sets a tooltip on the input field.
<h:inputSecret id="pwd" value="#{myBean.password}" /> <p:tooltip for="pwd" value="Password must contain only numbers"/>
Global Tooltip One powerful feature of tooltip is using title attributes of other JSF components to create the tooltips, in this case you only need to place one tooltip to your page. This would also perform better compared to defining a tooltip for each component.
<p:tooltip global="true" />
Effects Showing and Hiding of tooltip along with the effect durations can be customized easily.
<h:inputSecret id="pwd" value="#{myBean.password}" /> <p:tooltip for="pwd" value="Password must contain only numbers" showEffect="slide" hideEffect="slide" showEffectLength="2000" hideEffectLength="2000"/>
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Events A tooltip is shown on mouseover event and hidden when mouse is out by default. If you need to change this behaviour use the showEvent and hideEvent feature. Tooltip below is displayed when the input gets the focus and hidden with onblur.
<h:inputSecret id="pwd" value="#{myBean.password}" /> <p:tooltip for="pwd" value="Password must contain only numbers" showEvent="focus" hideEvent="blur"/>
Delays Therere sensable defaults for each delay to display the tooltips and these can be configured easily as follows;
<h:inputSecret id="pwd" value="#{myBean.password}" /> <p:tooltip for="pwd" value="Password must contain only numbers" showDelay="2000" hideDelay="2000"/>
Tooltip above waits for 2 seconds to show and hide itself. Html Content Another powerful feature of tooltip is the ability to display custom content as a tooltip not just plain texts. An example is as follows;
<h:outputLink id="lnk" value="#"> <h:outputText value="PrimeFaces Home" /> </h:outputLink> <p:tooltip for="lnk"> <p:graphicImage value="/images/prime_logo.png" /> <h:outputText value="Visit PrimeFaces Home" /> </p:tooltip>
Ajax Updates Global tooltips will cause duplicate elements on page as they are appended to document body, use inline tooltips instead if you need to update tooltips as well. Skinning Tooltip is styled with global skinning selectors, see main skinning section for more information.
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3.94 Tree
Tree is is used for displaying hierarchical data and creating site navigations.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class tree org.primefaces.component.tree.Tree org.primefaces.component.Tree org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.TreeRenderer org.primefaces.component.tree.TreeRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean A TreeNode instance as the backing model. Name of the request-scoped variable that'll be used to refer each treenode data during rendering Specifies the ajax/client toggleMode
binding
null
Object
value var
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Object String
dynamic
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Name expandAnim
Default null String
Type
Description Animation to be displayed on node expand, valid values are "FADE_IN" or "FADE_OUT" Animation to be displayed on node collapse, valid values are "FADE_IN" or "FADE_OUT" Method expression to listen node select events Method expression to listen node expand events Method expression to listen node collapse events Specifies caching on dynamically loaded nodes. When set to true expanded nodes will be kept in memory. Javascript variable name of the wrapped widget Javascript event to process when a tree node is clicked. When set to true, all nodes will be displayed as expanded on initial page load. Id(s) of component(s) to update after node selection Javascript event handler to process before instant ajax selection request. Javascript event handler to process after instant ajax selection request. TreeNode array to reference the selections. Style of the main container element of tree Style class of the main container element of tree Specifies if selection will be propagated up to the parents of clicked node Specifies if selection will be propagated down to the children of clicked node Defines the selectionMode
collapseAnim
null
String
nodeSelectListener nodeExpandListener nodeCollapseListener cache
null null null TRUE
MethodExpr MethodExpr MethodExpr Boolean
widgetVar onNodeClick expanded
null null FALSE
String String Boolean
update onselectStart onselectComplete selection style styleClass propagateSelectionUp propagateSelectionDown selectionMode
null null null null null null FALSE FALSE null
String String String Object String String Boolean Boolean String
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Getting started with the Tree Tree is populated with a org.primefaces.model.TreeNode instance which corresponds to the root. TreeNode API has a hierarchical data structure and represents the data to be populated in tree.
public class TreeBean { } private TreeNode root; public } TreeBean() { root = new TreeNode("Root", null); TreeNode node0 = new TreeNode("Node 0", root); TreeNode node1 = new TreeNode("Node 1", root); TreeNode node2 = new TreeNode("Node 2", root); TreeNode node00 = new TreeNode("Node 0.0", node0); TreeNode node01 = new TreeNode("Node 0.1", node0); TreeNode node10 = new TreeNode("Node 1.0", node1); TreeNode node11 = new TreeNode("Node 1.1", node1); TreeNode node000 = new TreeNode("Node 0.0.0", node00); TreeNode node001 = new TreeNode("Node 0.0.1", node00); TreeNode node010 = new TreeNode("Node 0.1.0", node01); TreeNode node100 = new TreeNode("Node 1.0.0", node10);
public TreeNode getModel() { return root; }
Once model is instantiated via TreeNodes, bind the model to the tree as the value and specify a UI treeNode component as a child to display the nodes.
<p:tree value="#{treeBean.root}" var="node"> <p:treeNode> <h:outputText value="#{node}"/> </p:treeNode> </p:tree>
TreeNode vs p:TreeNode You might get confused about the TreeNode and the p:treeNode component. TreeNode API is used to create the node model and consists of org.primefaces.model.TreeNode instances, on the other hand <p:treeNode /> tag represents a component of type org.primefaces.component.tree.UITreeNode. You can bind a TreeNode to a particular p:treeNode using the type name. Document Tree example in upcoming section demonstrates a sample usage.
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TreeNode API TreeNode has a simple API to use when building the backing model. For example if you call node.setExpanded(true) on a particular node, tree will render that node as expanded.
Property type data children parent expanded String Object List<TreeNode> TreeNode Boolean Type Description type of the treeNode name, default type name is "default". Encapsulated data List of child nodes Parent node Flag indicating whether the node is expanded or not
Dynamic Tree Tree is non-dynamic by default and toggling happens on client-side. In order to enable ajax toggling set dynamic setting to true.
<p:tree value="#{treeBean.root}" var="node" dynamic="true"> <p:treeNode> <h:outputText value="#{node}"/> </p:treeNode> </p:tree>
Non-Dynamic: When toggling is set to client all the treenodes in model are rendered to the client and tree is created, this mode is suitable for relatively small datasets and provides fast user interaction. On the otherhand its not suitable for large data since all the data is sent to the client. Dynamic: Dynamic mode uses ajax to fetch the treenodes from server side on demand, compared to the client toggling, dynamic mode has the advantage of dealing with large data because only the child nodes of the root node is sent to the client initially and whole tree is lazily populated. When a node is expanded, tree only loads the children of the particular expanded node and send to the client for display. Multiple TreeNode Types Its a common requirement to display different TreeNode types with a different UI (eg icon). Suppose youre using tree to visualize a company with different departments and different employees, or a document tree with various folders, files each having a different formats (music, video). In order to solve this, you can place more than one <p:treeNode /> components each having a different type and use that "type" to bind TreeNodes in your model. Following example demonstrates a document explorer. To begin with here is the final output;
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Document Explorer is implemented with four different <p:treeNode /> components and additional CSS skinning to visualize expanded/closed folder icons. Tree Definition
<p:tree value="#{documentsController.root}" var="doc"> <p:treeNode> <h:outputText value="#{doc}"/> </p:treeNode> <p:treeNode type="document"> <h:outputText value="#{doc}" styleClass="documentStyle"/> </p:treeNode> <p:treeNode type="picture"> <h:outputText value="#{doc}" styleClass="pictureStyle"/> </p:treeNode>
<p:treeNode type="mp3"> <h:outputText value="#{doc}" styleClass="mp3Style"/> </p:treeNode> </p:tree>
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public class DocumentsController { private TreeNode root; public DocumentsController() { root = new TreeNode("root", null); TreeNode documents = new TreeNode("Documents", root); TreeNode pictures = new TreeNode("Pictures", root); TreeNode music = new TreeNode("Music", root); TreeNode work = new TreeNode("Work", documents); TreeNode primefaces = new TreeNode("PrimeFaces", documents); //Documents TreeNode expenses = new TreeNode("document", "Expenses.doc", work); TreeNode resume = new TreeNode("document", "Resume.doc", work); TreeNode refdoc = new TreeNode("document", "RefDoc.pages", primefaces); //Pictures TreeNode barca = new TreeNode("picture", "barcelona.jpg", pictures); TreeNode primelogo = new TreeNode("picture", "logo.jpg", pictures); TreeNode optimus = new TreeNode("picture", "optimus.png", pictures); //Music TreeNode turkish = new TreeNode("Turkish", music); TreeNode cemKaraca = new TreeNode("Cem Karaca", turkish); TreeNode erkinKoray = new TreeNode("Erkin Koray", turkish); TreeNode mogollar = new TreeNode("Mogollar", turkish); TreeNode nemalacak = new TreeNode("mp3", "Nem Alacak Felek Benim", cemKaraca); TreeNode resimdeki = new TreeNode("mp3", "Resimdeki Goz Yaslari", cemKaraca); TreeNode copculer = new TreeNode("mp3", "Copculer", erkinKoray); TreeNode oylebirgecer = new TreeNode("mp3", "Oyle Bir Gecer", erkinKoray); TreeNode toprakana = new TreeNode("mp3", "Toprak Ana", mogollar); TreeNode bisiyapmali = new TreeNode("mp3", "Bisi Yapmali", mogollar); } public TreeNode getRoot() { return root; } }
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.nodeContent { margin-left:20px;} .documentStyle {background: url(doc.png) no-repeat;} .pictureStyle {background: url(picture.png) no-repeat;} .mp3Style {background: url(mp3.png) no-repeat;} /* Folder Theme */ .ygtvtn {background:url(tn.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:17px;height:22px;} .ygtvtm {background:url(tm.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:34px;height:22px; cursor:pointer} .ygtvtmh {background:url(tmh.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:34px; height:22px; cursor:pointer} .ygtvtp {background:url(tp.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:34px; height:22px; cursor:pointer} .ygtvtph { background: url(tph.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:34px; height:22px; cursor:pointer } .ygtvln { background: url(ln.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:17px; height:22px; } .ygtvlm { background: url(lm.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:34px; height:22px; cursor:pointer } .ygtvlmh { background: url(lmh.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:34px; height:22px; cursor:pointer } .ygtvlp { background: url(lp.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:34px; height:22px; cursor:pointer } .ygtvlph { background: url(lph.gif) 0 0 no-repeat; width:34px; height:22px; cursor:pointer }
Integration between a TreeNode and a p:treeNode is the type attribute, for example music files in document explorer are represented using TreeNodes with type "mp3", theres also a p:treeNode component with same type "mp3". This results in rendering all music nodes using that particular p:treeNode representation which displays a note icon. Similarly document and pictures have their own p:treeNode representations. Folders on the other hand have various states like open, closed, open mouse over, closed mouseover and more. These states are easily skinned with predefined CSS selectors, see skinning section for more information. Event Handling Tree is an interactive component, it can notify both client and server side listeners about certain events. Therere currently three events supported, node select, expand and collapse. For example when a node is expanded and a server side nodeExpandListener is defined on tree, the particular java method is executed with the NodeExpandEvent. Following tree has three listeners;
<p:tree value="#{treeBean.model}" dynamic="true" nodeSelectListener="#{treeBean.onNodeSelect}" nodeExpandListener="#{treeBean.onNodeExpand}" nodeCollapseListener="#{treeBean.onNodeCollapse}"> ... </p:tree>
The server side listeners are simple method expressions like;

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public void onNodeSelect(NodeSelectEvent event) { String node = event.getTreeNode().getData().toString(); logger.info("Selected:" + node); } public void onNodeExpand(NodeExpandEvent event) { String node = event.getTreeNode().getData().toString(); logger.info("Expanded:" + node); } public void onNodeCollapse(NodeCollapseEvent event) { String node = event.getTreeNode().getData().toString(); logger.info("Collapsed:" + node); }
Event listeners are also useful when dealing with huge amount of data. The idea for implementing such a use case would be providing only the root and child nodes to the tree, use event listeners to get the selected node and add new nodes to that particular tree at runtime. Selection Modes Node selection is a built-in feature of tree and it supports three different modes. Selection should be a TreeNode for single case and an array of TreeNodes for multiple and checkbox cases, tree finds the selected nodes and assign them to your selection model. single: Only one at a time can be selected. multiple: Multiple nodes can be selected. checkbox: Multiple selection is done with checkbox UI.
<p:tree value="#{treeBean.root}" var="node" selectionMode="single|multiple|checkbox" selection="#{treeBean.selectedNodes}"> <p:treeNode> <h:outputText value="#{node}"/> </p:treeNode> </p:tree>
public class TreeBean { private TreeNode root; private TreeNode[] selectedNodes; } public TreeBean() { root = new TreeNode("Root", null); //populate nodes } //getters and setters
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Note that for checkbox based selection, following CSS might be necessary to add for better indentation.
.ygtv-checkbox .ygtv-highlight0 .ygtvcontent, .ygtv-checkbox .ygtv-highlight1 .ygtvcontent, .ygtv-checkbox .ygtv-highlight2 .ygtvcontent { padding-left:20px; }
Thats it, now the checkbox based tree looks like below. When the form is submitted with a command component like a button, selected nodes will be populated in selectedNodes property of TreeBean.
Instant Node Selection with Ajax Another common requirement is to click on a tree node and display detailed data represented by that node instantly. This is quite easy to implement with tree. Following example displays selected node information in a dialog when node is clicked;
public class TreeBean { } private TreeNode root; private TreeNode[] selectedNodes; public void onNodeSelect(NodeSelectEvent event) { selectedNode = event.getTreeNode(); } //getters, setters and build of tree model
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<h:form> <p:tree value="#{treeBean.model}" nodeSelectListener="#{treeBean.onNodeSelect}" selectionMode="single" selection="#{treeBean.selectedNodes}" update="detail" onselectStart="dlg.show" onselectComplete="dlg.hide()"> <p:treeNode> <h:outputText value="#{node}"/> </p:treeNode> </p:tree> <p:dialog header="Selected Node" widgetVar="dlg" width="250px"> <h:outputText id="detail" value="#{treeBean.selectedNode.data}" /> </p:dialog>
</h:form>
When a node is selected, tree makes an ajax request that executes the nodeselectlistener, after that the component defined with the update attribute is updated with the partial response. Optional onselectStart and onselectComplete attributes are handy to execute custom javascript. Selection Propagation Selection propagation is controlled via two attributes named propagateSelectionDown and propagateSelectionUp. Both are false by default. Node Caching When caching is turned on by default, dynamically loaded nodes will be kept in memory so reexpanding a node will not trigger a server side request. In case its set to false, collapsing the node will remove the children and expanding it later causes the children nodes to be fetched from server again. Note that when caching is turned on collapse are not notified on the server side and expand events are executed only once. Animations Expand and Collapse operations can be animated using expandAnim and collapseAnim. Therere two valid values for these attributes, FADE_IN and FADE_OUT.
<p:tree value="#{treeBean.root}" var="node" dynamic="true" expandAnim="FADE_IN" collapseAnim="FADE_OUT" > <p:treeNode> <h:outputText value="#{node}"/> </p:treeNode> </p:tree>
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Handling Node Click If you need to execute custom javascript when a treenode is clicked, use the onNodeClick attribute. Your javascript method will be processed with passing an object containing node information as a parameter.
<p:tree value="#{treeBean.root}" onNodeClick="handleNodeClick"> ... </p:tree>
function handleNodeClick(args) { alert("You clicked:" + args.node); }
Expand by default If you need all nodes to be displayed as expanded on initial page load, set the expanded setting to true.
<p:tree value="#{treeBean.root}" expanded="true"> ... </p:tree>
Skinning Treeview has certain css selectors for nodes, for full list selectors visit; http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/treeview/#style
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3.95 TreeNode
TreeNode is used with Tree component to represent a node in tree. Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family treeNode org.primefaces.component.tree.UITreeNode org.primefaces.component.UITreeNode org.primefaces.component
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Type of the tree node Style class to apply a particular tree node type
binding type styleClass
null default null
Getting started with the TreeNode TreeNode is used with Tree component, refer to Tree section for more information.
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3.96 TreeTable
Treetable is is used for displaying hierarchical data in tabular format.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class treeTable org.primefaces.component.treetable.TreeTable org.primefaces.component.TreeTable org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.TreeTableRenderer org.primefaces.component.treetable.TreeTableRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean A TreeNode instance as the backing model. Name of the request-scoped variable used to refer each treenode. Inline style of the container element.
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binding
null
Object
value var style
null null null
Name styleClass readOnly expanded widgetVar
Default null FALSE FALSE null String
Type
Description Style class of the container element. Nodes are displayed as readonly and expanded. Nodes are displayed as expanded. Variable name of the client side widget.
Boolean Boolean String
Getting started with the TreeTable Similar to the Tree, TreeTable is populated with an org.primefaces.model.TreeNode instance that corresponds to the root node. TreeNode API has a hierarchical data structure and represents the data to be populated in tree. For an example, model to be displayed is a collection of documents.
public class Document { } private String name; private String size; private String type; //getters, setters
<p:treeTable value="#{documentsController.root}" var="document"> <p:column> <f:facet name="header"> Name </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{document.name}" /> </p:column> <p:column> <f:facet name="header"> Size </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{document.size}" /> </p:column> <p:column> <f:facet name="header"> Type </f:facet> <h:outputText value="#{document.type}" /> </p:column> </p:treeTable>
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public class DocumentsController { private TreeNode root; public DocumentsController() { root = new DefaultTreeNode("root", null); TreeNode documents = new DefaultTreeNode(new Document("Documents", "-", "Folder"), root); TreeNode pictures = new DefaultTreeNode(new Document("Pictures", "-", "Folder"), root); TreeNode music = new DefaultTreeNode(new Document("Music", "-", "Folder"), root); TreeNode work = new DefaultTreeNode(new Document("Work", "-", "Folder"), documents); TreeNode primefaces = new DefaultTreeNode(new Document("PrimeFaces", "-", "Folder"), documents); //Documents TreeNode expenses = new DefaultTreeNode("document", new Document("Expenses.doc", "30 KB", "Word Document"), work); TreeNode resume = new DefaultTreeNode("document", new Document("Resume.doc", "10 KB", "Word Document"), work); TreeNode refdoc = new DefaultTreeNode("document", new Document("RefDoc.pages", "40 KB", "Pages Document"), primefaces); //Pictures TreeNode barca = new DefaultTreeNode("picture", new Document("barcelona.jpg", "30 KB", "JPEG Image"), pictures); TreeNode primelogo = new DefaultTreeNode("picture", new Document("logo.jpg", "45 KB", "JPEG Image"), pictures); TreeNode optimus = new DefaultTreeNode("picture", new Document("optimusprime.png", "96 KB", "PNG Image"), pictures); //Music TreeNode turkish = new DefaultTreeNode(new Document("Turkish", "-", "Folder"), music); TreeNode cemKaraca = new DefaultTreeNode(new Document("Cem Karaca", "-", "Folder"), turkish); TreeNode erkinKoray = new DefaultTreeNode(new Document("Erkin Koray", "-", "Folder"), turkish); TreeNode mogollar = new DefaultTreeNode(new Document("Mogollar", "-", "Folder"), turkish); TreeNode nemalacak = new DefaultTreeNode("mp3", new Document("Nem Alacak Felek Benim", "1500 KB", "Audio File"), cemKaraca); TreeNode resimdeki = new DefaultTreeNode("mp3", new Document("Resimdeki Gozyaslari", "2400 KB", "Audio File"), cemKaraca); TreeNode copculer = new DefaultTreeNode("mp3", new Document("Copculer", "2351 KB", "Audio File"), erkinKoray); TreeNode oylebirgecer = new DefaultTreeNode("mp3", new Document("Oyle bir Gecer", "1794 KB", "Audio File"), erkinKoray); TreeNode toprakana = new DefaultTreeNode("mp3", new Document("Toprak Ana", "1536 KB", "Audio File"), mogollar); TreeNode bisiyapmali = new DefaultTreeNode("mp3", new Document("Bisi Yapmali", "2730 KB", "Audio File"), mogollar); } public TreeNode getRoot() { return root; } }
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Expanded by Default If youd like to render the treeTable as expanded by default, set expanded option to true.
<p:treeTable value="#{documentsController.root}" var="document" expanded="true"> ... </p:treeTable>
ReadOnly by Default When readOnly mode is enabled, toggle arrows are not rendered and treeTable is displayed as expanded.
<p:treeTable value="#{documentsController.root}" var="document" readOnly="true"> ... </p:treeTable>
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Skinning TreeTable content resides in a container element which style and styleClass attributes apply. Following is the list of structural style classes;
Class .ui-treetable .ui-treetable-header .ui-treetable-header-label .ui-treetable-data Applies Main container element (table) Column header container Column header label Body element of the table containing data
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3.97 Watermark
Watermark displays a hint on an input field.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class watermark org.primefaces.component.watermark.Watermark org.primefaces.component.Watermark org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.WatermarkRenderer org.primefaces.component.watermark.WatermarkRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Text of watermark. Id of the component to attach the watermark jQuery selector to attach the watermark
binding value for forElement
null 0 null null
Object Integer String String
Getting started with Watermark Watermark requires a target of the input component, one way is to use for attribute.
<h:inputText id="txt" value="#{bean.searchKeyword}" /> <p:watermark for="txt" value="Search with a keyword" />
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Form Submissions Watermark is set as the text of an input field which shouldnt be sent to the server when an enclosing for is submitted. This would result in updating bean properties with watermark values. Watermark component is clever enough to handle this case, by default in non-ajax form submissions, watermarks are cleared. However ajax submissions required a little manual effort.
<h:inputText id="txt" value="#{bean.searchKeyword}" /> <p:watermark for="txt" value="Search with a keyword" /> <h:commandButton value="Submit" /> <p:commandButton value="Submit" onclick="PrimeFaces.cleanWatermarks()" oncomplete="PrimeFaces.showWatermarks()" />
Skinning Theres only one css style class applying watermark which is .ui-watermark, you can override this class to bring in your own style.
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3.98 Wizard
Wizard provides an ajax enhanced UI to implement a workflow easily in a single page. Wizard consists of several child tab components where each tab represents a step in the process.
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class wizard org.primefaces.component.wizard.Wizard org.primefaces.component.Wizard org.primefaces.component org.primefaces.component.WizardRenderer org.primefaces.component.wizard.WizardRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered binding step effect effectSpeed style styleClass Default null TRUE null 0 TRUE normal null null Type String Boolean Object String Boolean String String String Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Id of the current step in flow Specifies whether animation should be used or not during transition. Duration of effect. Style of the main wizard container element. Style class of the main wizard container element.
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Name flowListener showNavBar onback onnext nextLabel backLabel showStepStatus widgetVar
Default null TRUE null null null null TRUE null
Type MethodExpr Boolean String String String String Boolean String
Description Server side listener to invoke when wizard attempts to go forward or back. Specifies visibility of default navigator arrows. Javascript event handler to be invoked when flow goes back. Javascript event handler to be invoked when flow goes forward. Label of next navigation button. Label of back navigation button. Specifies visibility of default step title bar. Name of the client side widget
Getting Started with Wizard Each step in the flow is represented with a tab. As an example following wizard is used to create a new user in a total of 4 steps where last step is for confirmation of the information provided in first 3 steps. To begin with create your backing bean, its important that the bean lives across multiple requests so avoid a request scope bean. Optimal scope for wizard is viewScope which is built-in with JSF 2.0.
public class UserWizard { } private User user = new User(); public User getUser() { return user; } public void setUser(User user) { this.user = user; } public void save(ActionEvent actionEvent) { //Persist user FacesMessage msg = new FacesMessage("Successful", "Welcome :" + user.getFirstname()); FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, msg); }
User is a simple pojo with properties such as firstname, lastname, email and etc. Following wizard requires 3 steps to get the user data; Personal Details, Address Details and Contact Details. Note that last tab contains read-only data for confirmation and the submit button.
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<h:form> <p:wizard> <p:tab id="personal"> <p:panel header="Personal Details"> <h:messages errorClass="error"/> <h:panelGrid columns="2"> <h:outputText value="Firstname: *" /> <h:inputText value="#{userWizard.user.firstname}" required="true"/> <h:outputText value="Lastname: *" /> <h:inputText value="#{userWizard.user.lastname}" required="true"/> <h:outputText value="Age: " /> <h:inputText value="#{userWizard.user.age}" /> </h:panelGrid> </p:panel> </p:tab> <p:tab id="address"> <p:panel header="Adress Details"> <h:messages errorClass="error"/> <h:panelGrid columns="2" columnClasses="label, value"> <h:outputText value="Street: " /> <h:inputText value="#{userWizard.user.street}" /> <h:outputText value="Postal Code: " /> <h:inputText value="#{userWizard.user.postalCode}" /> <h:outputText value="City: " /> <h:inputText value="#{userWizard.user.city}" /> </h:panelGrid> </p:panel> </p:tab> <p:tab id="contact"> <p:panel header="Contact Information"> <h:messages errorClass="error"/> <h:panelGrid columns="2"> <h:outputText value="Email: *" /> <h:inputText value="#{userWizard.user.email}" required="true"/> <h:outputText value="Phone: " /> <h:inputText value="#{userWizard.user.phone}"/> <h:outputText value="Additional Info: " /> <h:inputText value="#{userWizard.user.info}"/> </h:panelGrid> </p:panel> </p:tab>
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<p:tab id="confirm"> <p:panel header="Confirmation"> <h:panelGrid id="confirmation" columns="6"> <h:outputText value="Firstname: " /> <h:outputText value="#{userWizard.user.firstname}"/> <h:outputText value="Lastname: " /> <h:outputText value="#{userWizard.user.lastname}"/> <h:outputText value="Age: " /> <h:outputText value="#{userWizard.user.age}" /> <h:outputText value="Street: " /> <h:outputText value="#{userWizard.user.street}" /> <h:outputText value="Postal Code: " /> <h:outputText value="#{userWizard.user.postalCode}"/> <h:outputText value="City: " /> <h:outputText value="#{userWizard.user.city}"/> <h:outputText value="Email: " /> <h:outputText value="#{userWizard.user.email}" /> <h:outputText value="Phone " /> <h:outputText value="#{userWizard.user.phone}"/> <h:outputText value="Info: " /> <h:outputText value="#{userWizard.user.info}"/> <h:outputText /> <h:outputText /> </h:panelGrid> <p:commandButton value="Submit" actionListener="#{userWizard.save}" /> </p:panel> </p:tab> </p:wizard> </h:form>
AJAX and Partial Validations Switching between steps is based on ajax, meaning each step is loaded dynamically with ajax. Partial validation is also built-in, by this way when you click next, only the current step is validated, if the current step is valid, next tabs contents are loaded with ajax. Validations are not executed when flow goes back. Navigations Wizard provides two icons to interact with; next and prev. Please see the skinning wizard section to know more about how to change the look and feel of a wizard.
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Custom UI By default wizard displays right and left arrows to navigate between steps, if you need to come up with your own UI, set showNavBar to false and use the provided the client side api.
<p:wizard showNavBar="false" widgetVar="wiz"> ... </p:wizard> <h:outputLink value="#" onclick="wiz.next();">Next</h:outputLink> <h:outputLink value="#" onclick="wiz.back();">Back</h:outputLink>
Ajax FlowListener If youd like get notified on server side when wizard attempts to go back or forward, define a flowListener.
<p:wizard flowListener="#{userWizard.handleFlow}"> ... </p:wizard>
public String handleFlow(FlowEvent event) { String currentStepId = event.getCurrentStep(); String stepToGo = event.getNextStep(); } if(skip) return "confirm"; else return event.getNextStep();
Steps here are simply the ids of tab, by using a flowListener you can decide which step to display next so wizard does not need to be linear always. Client Side Callbacks Wizard is equipped with onback and onnext attributes, in case you need to execute custom javascript after wizard goes back or forth. You just need to provide the names of javascript functions as the values of these attributes.
<p:wizard onnext="alert(Next)" onback="alert(Back)"> ... </p:wizard>
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Client Side API Widget: PrimeFaces.widget.Wizard

Method next() back() getStepIndex() Params Return Type void void Number Description Proceeds to next step. Goes back in flow. Returns the index of current step.
Skinning Wizard Wizard reside in a div container element which style and styleClass attributes apply. Additionally a couple of css selectors exist for controlling the look and feel important parts of the wizard like the navigators. Following is the list.
Selector .ui-wizard .ui-wizard-content .ui-wizard-navbar .ui-wizard-nav-back .ui-wizard-nav-next Main container element Container element of content Container of navigation controls Back navigation control Forward navigation control Applies
Here is an example based on a different theme.
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4. TouchFaces
TouchFaces is at proof of concept state as of 2.2 and will be production ready in PrimeFaces 3.0. It will be rebranded as PrimeFaces Mobile and powered by jQuery Mobile.
TouchFaces is the UI kit for developing mobile web applications with JSF. It mainly targets devices with webkit browsers such as iPhone, all Android phones, Palm, Nokia S60 and etc. TouchFaces is included in PrimeFaces and no additional configuration is required other than the touchfaces taglib. TouchFaces is built on top of the jqTouch jquery plugin.
4.1 Getting Started with TouchFaces

Therere a couple of special components belonging to the touchfaces namespace. Lets first create an example JSF page called touch.xhtml with the touchfaces namespace.
<f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:i="http://primefaces.prime.com.tr/touch"> </f:view>
Next step is defining the <i:application /> component.

<f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:i="http://primefaces.prime.com.tr/touch"> <i:application> </i:application>
</f:view>
Themes TouchFaces ships with two built-in themes, default and dark. Themes can be customized using the theme attribute of the application. "Notes" sample app using the dark theme whereas other apps have the default iphone theme.
<i:application theme="dark"> //content </i:application>
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Application Icon iPhone has a nice feature allowing users to add web apps to their home screen so that later they can launch these apps just like a native iphone app. To assign an icon to your TouchFaces app use the icon attribute of the application component. Its important to use an icon of size 57x57 to get the best results.
<i:application icon="translate.png"> //content </i:application>
Heres an example demonstrating how it looks when you add your touchfaces app to your home screen.
Thats it, you now have the base for your mobile web application. Next thing is building the UI with views.
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4.2 Views
TouchFaces models each screen in a application as "views" and a view is created with the <i:view /> component. Each view must have an id and an optional title. You can have as many views as you want inside an application. To set a view as the home view use a convention and set the id of the view as "home".
<f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:i="http://primefaces.prime.com.tr/touch"> <i:application> <i:view id="home" title="Home Page"> //Home view content
</i:view> </i:application>
</f:view>
When you run this page, only the home view would be displayed, a view can be built with core JSF and components and TouchFaces specific components like tableView, rowGroups, rowItems and more. TableViews TableView is a useful control in iPhone sdk and touchfaces includes a tableview as well to provide a similar feature. TableView consists of rowGroups and rowItems. Heres a sample tableView;
<f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:i="http://primefaces.prime.com.tr/touch"> <i:application> <i:view id="home" title="Home Page"> <i:tableView> <i:rowGroup title="Group Title"> <i:rowItem value="Row 1"/> <i:rowItem value="Row 2"/> </i:rowGroup> </i:tableView> </i:view> </i:application> </f:view>
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Group Display Modes A rowgroup can be displayed in a couple of different ways default way is rounded which is used in previous example. Full list of possible values are; - rounded - edgetoedge - plastic - metal Following list uses edgetoedge display mode;
<i:tableView> <i:rowGroup title="Group Title" display="edgetoedge"> <i:rowItem value="Row 1"/> <i:rowItem value="Row 2"/> </i:rowGroup> </i:tableView>
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4.3 Navigations
TouchFaces navigations are based on conventions and some components has the ability to trigger a navigation. An example is rowItem, using the view attribute you can specify which view to display when the rowItem is clicked. Also TouchFaces client side api provides useful navigation utilities.
<i:view> <i:tableView display="regular"> <i:rowGroup title="Group Title"> <i:rowItem value="Other View" view="otherview"/> </i:rowGroup> </i:tableView> </i:view> <i:view id="otherview" title="Other view"> //Other view content </i:view>
NavBarControl You can also place navBarControls at the navigation bar for use cases such as navigation back and displaying another view. NavBarControls are used as facets, following control is placed at the left top corner and used to go back to a previous view.
<i:view id="otherview" title="Other view"> <f:facet name="leftNavBar"> <i:navBarControl label="Home" view="home" /> </f:facet> //view content
</i:view>
Similarly a navBarControl to place the right side of the navigation bar use rightNavBar facet. Navigation Effects View transition animation is defined by effect option;
<f:facet name="leftNavBar"> <i:navBarControl label="Settings" view="settings" </f:facet>
effect="flip"/>
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Default animation used when navigation to a view is "slide". - slide - slideup - flip - dissolve - fade - flip - pop - swap - cube TouchFaces Navigation API TouchFaces client side object provides two useful navigation methods; - goTo(viewName, animation) - goBack() Example below demonstrates how to execute a java method with p:commandLink and go to another view after ajax request is completed.
<p:commandLink actionListener="#{bean.value}" update="comp" oncomplete="TouchFaces.goTo(otherview, flip)" />
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4.4 Ajax Integration

TouchFaces is powered by PrimeFaces PPR infrastructure, this allows loading views with ajax, do ajax form submissions and other ajax use cases. Also rowItem component has built-in support for ajax and can easily load other views dynamically with ajax before displaying them. An example would be;
<i:view> <i:tableView display="regular"> <i:rowGroup title="Group Title"> <i:rowItem value="Other View" view="otherview" actionListener="#{bean.action}" update="table"/> </i:rowGroup> </i:tableView> </i:view> <i:view id="otherview" title="Other view"> <i:tableView id="table" display="regular"> <i:tableView> </i:view>
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4.5 Sample Applications

Therere various sample applications developed with TouchFaces, these apps are also deployed online so you can check them with your mobile device (preferrably iphone, ipod touch or an android phone). Source codes are also available in PrimeFaces svn repository. We strongly recommend using these apps as references since each of them use a different feature of TouchFaces. Translate Weather News Notes
Mobile Chat
TwitFaces
PathFinder - GPS
Empty Slot
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4.6 TouchFaces Components

This section includes detailed tag information of TouchFaces Components.
4.6.1 Application
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class application org.primefaces.touch.component.applicaiton.Application org.primefaces.touch.Application org.primefaces.touch org.primefaces.touch.component.ApplicationRenderer org.primefaces.touch.component.application.ApplicationRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Theme of the app, "default" or "dark". Icon of the app.
binding theme icon
null null null
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4.6.2 NavBarControl
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Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family navBarControl org.primefaces.touch.component.navbarcontrol.NavBarControl org.primefaces.touch.NavBarControl org.primefaces.touch
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Label of the item. Id of the view to be displayed. Type of the display, "back" or "button". Effect to be used when displaying the view navigated to.
binding label view type effect
null null null back null
Object String String String String
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4.6.3 RowGroup
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class rowGroup org.primefaces.touch.component.rowgroup.RowGroup org.primefaces.touch.RowGroup org.primefaces.touch org.primefaces.touch.component.RowGroupRenderer org.primefaces.touch.component.rowgroup.RowGroupRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Optional title of the row group.
binding title
null null
Object String
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4.6.4 RowItem
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class rowItem org.primefaces.touch.component.rowitem.RowItem org.primefaces.touch.RowItem org.primefaces.touch org.primefaces.touch.component.RowItemRenderer org.primefaces.touch.component.rowitem.RowItemRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Id of the view to be displayed. Optional external url link. Client side of the component(s) to be updated after the partial request. Label of the item. A method expression thatd be processed in the partial request caused by uiajax. An actionlistener thatd be processed in the partial request caused by uiajax. Boolean value that determines the phaseId, when true actions are processed at apply_request_values, when false at invoke_application phase.
binding view url update value action actionListener immediate
null null null null null null null FALSE
Object String String String String MethodExpr MethodExpr Boolean
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4.6.5 Switch
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class switch org.primefaces.touch.component.switch.Switch org.primefaces.touch.Switch org.primefaces.touch org.primefaces.touch.component.SwitchRenderer org.primefaces.touch.component.switch.SwitchRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE Type String Boolean Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Value of the component than can be either an EL expression of a literal text An el expression or a literal text that defines a converter for the component. When its an EL expression, its resolved to a converter instance. In case its a static text, it must refer to a converter id Boolean value that specifies the lifecycle phase the valueChangeEvents should be processed, when true the events will be fired at "apply request values", if immediate is set to false, valueChange Events are fired in "process validations" phase Marks component as required A method binding expression that refers to a method validationg the input A method binding expression that refers to a method for handling a valuchangeevent Message to be displayed when required field validation fails.
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null null null
immediate
FALSE
Boolean
required validator valueChangeListener requiredMessage
FALSE null null null
Boolean MethodExpr MethodExpr String
Name converterMessage validatorMessage
Default null null
Type String String
Description Message to be displayed when conversion fails. Message to be displayed when validation fields.
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4.6.6 TableView
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class tableView org.primefaces.touch.component.tableview.TableView org.primefaces.touch.TableView org.primefaces.touch org.primefaces.touch.component.TableViewRenderer org.primefaces.touch.component.tableview.TableViewRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean
binding
null
Object
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4.6.7 View
Info
Tag Component Class Component Type Component Family Renderer Type Renderer Class view org.primefaces.touch.component.view.View org.primefaces.touch.View org.primefaces.touch org.primefaces.touch.component.ViewRenderer org.primefaces.touch.component.viewrenderer.ViewRenderer
Attributes
Name id rendered Default null TRUE String Boolean Type Description Unique identifier of the component. Boolean value to specify the rendering of the component, when set to false component will not be rendered. An el expression that maps to a server side UIComponent instance in a backing bean Optional title of the view.
binding title
null regular
Object String
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5. Partial Rendering and Processing

PrimeFaces provides a partial rendering and view processing feature based on standard JSF 2 APIs to enable choosing what to process in JSF lifecyle and what to render in the end with ajax.
5.1 Partial Rendering

In addition to components like autoComplete, datatable, slider with built-in ajax capabilities, PrimeFaces also provides a generic PPR (Partial Page Rendering) mechanism to update JSF components with ajax. Several components are equipped with the common PPR attributes (e.g. update, process, onstart, oncomplete).
5.1.1 Infrastructure
PrimeFaces Ajax Framework is based on standard server side APIs of JSF 2. There are no additional artfacts like custom AjaxViewRoot, AjaxStateManager, AjaxViewHandler, Servlet Filters, HtmlParsers, PhaseListeners and so on. PrimeFaces aims to keep it clean, fast and lightweight. On client side rather than using client side API implementations of JSF implementations like Mojarra and MyFaces, PrimeFaces scripts are based on the most popular javascript library; jQuery which is far more tested, stable regarding ajax, dom handling, dom tree traversing than a JSF implementations scripts.
5.1.2 Using IDs

Getting Started When using PPR you need to specify which component(s) to update with ajax. If the component that triggers PPR request is at the same namingcontainer (eg. form) with the component(s) it renders, you can use the server ids directly. In this section although well be using commandButton, same applies to every component thats capable of PPR such as commandLink, poll, remoteCommand and etc.
<h:form> <p:commandButton update="display" /> <h:outputText id="display" value="#{bean.value}"/> </h:form>
PrependId Setting prependId setting of a form has no effect on how PPR is used.
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<h:form prependId="false"> <p:commandButton update="display" /> <h:outputText id="display" value="#{bean.value}"/> </h:form>
ClientId It is also possible to define the client id of the component to update.

<h:form id="myform"> <p:commandButton update="myform:display" /> <h:outputText id="display" value="#{bean.value}"/> </h:form>
Different NamingContainers If your page has different naming containers (e.g. two forms), you also need to add the container id to search expression so that PPR can handle requests that are triggered inside a namingcontainer that updates another namingcontainer. Following is the suggested way using separator char as a prefix, note that this uses same search algorithm as standard JSF 2 implementation;
<h:form id="form1"> <p:commandButton update=":form2:display" /> </h:form> <h:form id="form2"> <h:outputText id="display" value="#{bean.value}"/> </h:form>
Using absolute clientIds will also work as a PrimeFaces extension however we might remove it in a future release to align with JSF spec.
<h:form id="form1"> <p:commandButton update="form2:display" /> </h:form> <h:form id="form2"> <h:outputText id="display" value="#{bean.value}"/> </h:form>
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Multiple Components Multiple Components to update can be specified with providing a list of ids separated by a comma, whitespace or even both. Comma
<h:form> <p:commandButton update="display1,display2" /> <h:outputText id="display1" value="#{bean.value1}"/> <h:outputText id="display2" value="#{bean.value2}"/> </h:form>
WhiteSpace
<h:form> <p:commandButton update="display1 display2" /> <h:outputText id="display1" value="#{bean.value1}"/> <h:outputText id="display2" value="#{bean.value2}"/> </h:form>
Keywords There are a couple of reserved keywords which serve as helpers.

Keyword @this @parent @form @none Description Component that triggers the PPR is updated Parent of the PPR trigger is updated. Encapsulating form of the PPR trigger is updated PPR does not change the DOM with ajax response.
Example below updates the whole form.

<h:form> <p:commandButton update="@form" /> <h:outputText value="#{bean.value}"/> </h:form>
Keywords can also be used together with explicit ids, so update="@form, display" is also supported.
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5.1.3 Notifying Users

ajaxStatus is the component to notify the users about the status of global ajax requests. See the ajaxStatus section to get more information about the component. Global vs Non-Global By default ajax requests are global, meaning if there is an ajaxStatus component present on page, it is triggered. If you want to do a "silent" request not to trigger ajaxStatus instead, set global to false. An example with commandButton would be;
<p:commandButton value="Silent" global="false" /> <p:commandButton value="Notify" global="true" />
5.1.4 Bits&Pieces
PrimeFaces Ajax Javascript API See the javascript section 8.3 to learn more about the PrimeFaces Javascript Ajax API.
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5.2 Partial Processing

In Partial Page Rendering, only specified components are rendered, similarly in Partial Processing only defined components are processed. Processing means executing Apply Request Values, Process Validations, Update Model and Invoke Application JSF lifecycle phases only on defined components. This feature is a simple but powerful enough to do group validations, avoiding validating unwanted components, eliminating need of using immediate and many more use cases. Various components such as commandButton, commandLink are equipped with process attribute, in examples well be using commandButton.
5.2.1 Partial Validation

A common use case of partial process is doing partial validations, suppose you have a simple contact form with two dropdown components for selecting city and suburb, also theres an inputText which is required. When city is selected, related suburbs of the selected city is populated in suburb dropdown.
<h:form> <h:selectOneMenu id="cities" value="#{bean.city}"> <f:selectItems value="#{bean.cityChoices}" /> <p:ajax listener="#{bean.populateSuburbs}" update="suburbs" process="@all"/> </h:selectOneMenu> <h:selectOneMenu id="suburbs" value="#{bean.suburb}"> <f:selectItems value="#{bean.suburbChoices}" /> </h:selectOneMenu> <h:inputText value="#{bean.email}" required="true"/> </h:form>
When the city dropdown is changed an ajax request is sent to execute populateSuburbs method which populates suburbChoices and finally update the suburbs dropdown. Problem is populateSuburbs method will not be executed as lifecycle will stop after process validations phase to jump render response as email input is not provided. Reason is p:ajax has @all as the value stating to process every component on page but there is no need to process the inputText. The solution is to define what to process in p:ajax. As were just making a city change request, only processing that should happen is cities dropdown.
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<h:form> <h:selectOneMenu id="cities" value="#{bean.city}"> <f:selectItems value="#{bean.cityChoices}" /> <p:ajax actionListener="#{bean.populateSuburbs}" event="change" update="suburbs" process="@this"/> </h:selectOneMenu> <h:selectOneMenu id="suburbs" value="#{bean.suburb}"> <f:selectItems value="#{bean.suburbChoices}" /> </h:selectOneMenu>
<h:inputText value="#{bean.email}" required="true"/> </h:form>
That is it, now populateSuburbs method will be called and suburbs list will be populated. Note that default value for process option is @this already for p:ajax as stated in AjaxBehavior documentation, it is explicitly defined here to give a better understanding of how partial processing works.
5.2.2 Keywords
Just like PPR, Partial processing also supports keywords.
Keyword @this @parent @form @none @all Description Component that triggers the PPR is processed. Parent of the PPR trigger is processed. Encapsulating form of the PPR trigger is processed No component is processed, useful to revert changes to form. Whole component tree is processed just like a regular request.
Important point to note is, when a component is specified to process partially, children of this component is processed as well. So for example if you specify a panel, all children of that panel would be processed in addition to the panel itself.
<p:commandButton process="panel" /> <p:panel id="panel"> //Children </p:panel>
5.2.3 Using Ids

Partial Process uses the same technique applied in PPR to specify component identifiers to process. See section 5.1.2 for more information about how to define ids in process specification using commas and whitespaces.
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6. Ajax Push/Comet
Prime Push is at proof of concept state as of 2.2 and will be production ready in PrimeFaces 3.0.
Comet is a model allowing a web server to push data to the browsers. Auctions and chat are well known example use cases of comet technique. Comet can be implemented in a couple of ways. Following is a schema describing these techniques.
Polling: Regular polling is not real comet, basically browser sends request to server based on a specific interval. This approach has nothing to do with comet and just provided for comparison. Long-Polling: Browsers requests are suspended and only resumed when server decides to push data, after the response is retrieved browsers connects and begins to waiting for data again. Http Streaming: With this approach, response is never committed and client always stays connected, push data is streamed to the client to process. Current version of PrimeFaces is based on http-streaming, long-polling support will be added very soon in upcoming releases. PrimeFaces Push is built-on top of Atmosphere Framework. Next section describes atmosphere briefly.
6.1 Atmosphere
Atmosphere is a comet framework that can run on any application server supporting servlet 2.3+. Each container provides their own proprietary solution (Tomcats CometProcessor, JBosss HttpEvent, Glassfish Grizzly etc), Servlet 3.0 aims to unify these apis with a standard javax.servlet.AsycnListener. Atmosphere does all the hard work, deal with container differences, browser compatibility, broadcasting of events and many more. See atmosphere home page for more information.
<http://atmosphere.dev.java.net
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6.2 PrimeFaces Push

PrimeFaces aims to simplify developing comet applications with JSF, an example for this would be the PrimeFaces chat sample app that can easily be created with a couple of lines.
6.2.1 Setup
Comet Servlet First thing to do is to configure the PrimeFaces Comet Servlet. This servlet handles the JSF integration and Atmosphere.
<servlet> <servlet-name>Comet Servlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.primefaces.comet.PrimeFacesCometServlet</servlet-class> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>Comet Servlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>/primefaces_comet/*</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping>
Atmosphere Libraries PrimeFaces needs at least version of 0.5.1, you can download atmosphere from atmosphere homepage, youll also need the atmosphere-compat-* libraries. You can find these libraries at;
http://download.java.net/maven/2/org/atmosphere/
context.xml If youre running tomcat, youll also need a context.xml under META-INF.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <Context> <Loader delegate="true"/> </Context>
6.2.2. CometContext
Main element of PrimeFaces Push on server side is the org.primefaces.comet.CometContext which has a simple api to push data to browsers.
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/** * @param channel Unique name of communication channel * @param data Information to be pushed to the subscribers as json */ CometContext.publish(String channel, Object data);
6.2.3 Push Component

<p:push /> is a PrimeFaces component that handles the connection between the server and the browser, it has two attributes you need to define.
<p:push channel="chat" onpublish="handlePublish"/>
channel: Name of the channel to connect and listen. onpublish: Javascript event handler to be called when server sends data.
6.2.4 Putting it together: A Chat application

In this section, well develop a simple chat application with PrimeFaces, lets begin with the backing bean.
public class ChatController implements Serializable { private String message; private String username; private boolean loggedIn;
public void send(ActionEvent event) { CometContext.publish("chat", username + ": " + message); message = null; } public void login(ActionEvent event) { FacesContext.getCurrentInstance().addMessage(null, new FacesMessage ("You're logged in!")); loggedIn = true; CometContext.publish("chat", username + " has logged in."); } } //getters&setters
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And the chat.xhtml;

... <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function handlePublish(response) { $(#display).append(response.data + <br />); } </script> </head> <body> <p:outputPanel id="display" /> <h:form prependId="false"> <p:growl id="growl" /> <p:panel header="Sign in" rendered="#{!chatController.loggedIn}"> <h:panelGrid columns="3" > <h:outputText value="Username:" /> <h:inputText value="#{chatController.username}" /> <p:commandButton value="Login" actionListener="#{chatController.login}" oncomplete="$('#display').slideDown()"/> </h:panelGrid> </p:panel>
<p:panel header="Signed in as : #{chatController.username}" rendered="#{chatController.loggedIn}" toggleable="true"> <h:panelGrid columns="3"> <h:outputText value="Message:" /> <h:inputText id="txt" value="#{chatController.message}" /> <p:commandButton value="Send" actionListener="#{chatController.send}" oncomplete="$('#txt').val('');"/> </h:panelGrid> </p:panel> </h:form> <p:push channel="chat" onpublish="handlePublish" /> </body> ...
Published object is serialized as JSON, passed to publish handlers and is accessible using response.data.
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7. Javascript API
PrimeFaces renders unobstrusive javascript which cleanly seperates behavior from the html. Client side engine is powered by jQuery version 1.4.4 which is the latest at the time of the writing.
7.1 PrimeFaces Namespace

PrimeFaces is the main javascript object providing utilities and namespace.
Method escapeClientId(id) addSubmitParam(el, name, param) cleanWatermarks() showWatermarks() Description Escaped JSF ids with semi colon to work with jQuery selectors Adds hidden request parameters dynamically to the element. Watermark component extension, cleans all watermarks on page before submitting the form. Shows watermarks on form.
To be compatible with other javascript entities on a page, PrimeFaces defines two javascript namespaces; PrimeFaces.widget.* Contains custom PrimeFaces widgets like; - PrimeFaces.widget.DataTable - PrimeFaces.widget.Tree - PrimeFaces.widget.Poll - and more... Most of the components have a corresponding client side widget with same name. PrimeFaces.ajax.* PrimeFaces.ajax namespace contains the ajax API which is described in next section.
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7.2 Ajax API

PrimeFaces Ajax Javascript API is powered by jQuery and optimized for JSF. Whole API consists of three properly namespaced simple javascript functions. PrimeFaces.ajax.AjaxRequest Sends ajax requests that execute JSF lifecycle and retrieve partial output. Function signature is as follows;
PrimeFaces.ajax.AjaxRequest(url, config, parameters);
url: URL to send the request. config: Configuration options. params: Parameters to send. Configuration Options
Option formId async global update process source onstart() onsuccess(data, status, xhr, args) Description Id of the form element to serialize. Flag to define whether request should go in ajax queue or not, default is false. Flag to define if p:ajaxStatus should be triggered or not, default is true. Component(s) to update with ajax. Component(s) to process in partial request. (Required) Client id of the source component causing the request. Javascript callback to process before sending the ajax request, return false to cancel the request. Javascript callback to process when ajax request returns with success code. Takes four arguments, xml response, status code, xmlhttprequest and optional arguments provided by RequestContent API. Javascript callback to process when ajax request fails. Takes three arguments, xmlhttprequest, status string and exception thrown if any. Javascript callback to process when ajax request completes. Takes three arguments, xmlhttprequest, status string and optional arguments provided by RequestContext API.
onerror(xhr, status, exception) oncomplete(xhr, status, args)
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Parameters You can send any number of parameters as the third argument of request function as a javascript object. Examples Suppose you have a JSF page called createUser with a simple form and some input components.
<h:form id="userForm"> <h:inputText id="username" value="#{userBean.user.name}" /> ... More components </h:form>
You can post all the information in form with ajax using;
PrimeFaces.ajax.AjaxRequest(/myapp/createUser.jsf, { formId:userForm ,source:userForm ,process:userForm });
More complex example with additional options;

PrimeFaces.ajax.AjaxRequest(/myapp/createUser.jsf, { formId:userForm, ,source:userForm ,process:userForm ,update:msgs oncomplete:function(xhr, status) {alert(Done);} }, { param_name1:value1, param_name2:value2 } );
We recommend using p:remoteComponent instead of low level javascript api as it generates the same with much less effort and less possibility to do an error. PrimeFaces.ajax.AjaxResponse PrimeFaces.ajax.AjaxResponse updates the specified components if any and synchronizes the client side JSF state. DOM updates are implemented using jQuery which uses a very fast algorithm.
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PrimeFaces.ajax.AjaxUtils AjaxUtils contains useful utilities like encoding client side JSF viewstate, serializing a javascript object literal to a request query string and more.
Method encodeViewState updateState serialize(literal) Description Encodes value held by javax.faces.ViewState hidden parameter. Syncs serverside state with client state. Serializes a javascript object literal like {name:R10, number:10} to "name=R10&number=10"
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8. Themes
PrimeFaces is integrated with powerful ThemeRoller CSS Framework. Currently there are 30 predesigned themes that you can preview and download from PrimeFaces theme gallery.
http://www.primefaces.org/themes.html
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8.1 Applying a Theme

Applying a theme to your PrimeFaces project is very easy. Each theme is packaged as a jar file, download the theme you want to use, add it to the classpath of your application and then define primefaces.THEME context parameter at your deployment descriptor (web.xml) with the theme name as the value. Download Each theme is available for manual download at PrimeFaces Theme Gallery. If you are a maven user, define theme artifact as;
<dependency> <groupId>org.primefaces.themes</groupId> <artifactId>aristo</artifactId> <version>1.0.0</version> </dependency>
artifactId is the name of the theme as defined at Theme Gallery page. Configure Once you've downloaded the theme, configure PrimeFaces to use it.
<context-param> <param-name>primefaces.THEME</param-name> <param-value>aristo</param-value> </context-param>
That's it, you don't need to manually add any css to your pages or anything else, PrimeFaces will handle everything for you.
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8.2 Creating a New Theme

If youd like to create your own theme instead of using the pre-defined ones, that is easy as well because ThemeRoller provides a powerful and easy to use online visual tool.
Applying your own custom theme is a bit different than applying pre-built themes of Theme Gallery. There are two ways, one is manual installation and other is using PrimeFaces Theme API. Manual Installation The theme package you've downloaded from ThemeRoller will have a css file and images folder, one way is to extract the contents to a folder in your application like %webroot%/themes and add the css file of the theme to your pages. Best place to add the css file is your page template so you only add it once. Suppose you've extracted the contents of the theme to your %webroot%/themes/ mytheme folder. The name of the css would be something like jquery-ui-{version}.custom.css, for simplicity rename it to theme.css and then add it via link tag (h:outputStylesheet is not supported).
<linktype="text/css"rel="stylesheet" href="{CONTEXT_PATH}/themes/mytheme/theme.css">
Next step is to configure PrimeFaces not to add it's default sam skin to avoid a page having to themes applied. Set primefaces.THEME parameter to none to do this.
<context-param> <param-name>primefaces.THEME</param-name> <param-value>none</param-value> </context-param>
Weve created a short video tutorial about this available at http://vimeo.com/14235640.
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PrimeFaces Theme API Theme API is the integrated way of applying your custom themes to your project, this approach requires you to create a jar file and add it to the classpath of your application. jar file must have the following folder structure.
- jar - META-INF - resources - primefaces-yourtheme - theme.css - images
Image references in your theme.css must also be converted to an expression that JSF resource loading can understand, example would be; url("images/ui-bg_highlight-hard_100_f9f9f9_1x100.png") should be; url("#{resource['primefaces-yourtheme:images/ui-bg_highlight-hard_100_f9f9f9_1x100.png']}")
Then you can use your theme just like a pre-defined PrimeFaces Theme.
<context-param> <param-name>primefaces.THEME</param-name> <param-value>yourtheme</param-value> </context-param>
We appreciate if you share your theme with PrimeFaces Community, contact us via contact@prime.com.tr.
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8.3 How Themes Work

Powered by ThemeRoller, PrimeFaces separates structural css from skinning css. Structural CSS These style classes define the skeleton of the components and include css properties such as margin, padding, display type, dimensions and positioning. Skinning CSS Skinning defines the look and feel properties like colors, border colors, background images. Skinning Selectors ThemeRoller features a couple of skinning selectors, most important of these are;
Selector .ui-widget .ui-widget-header .ui-widget-content .ui-state-default .ui-state-hover .ui-state-active .ui-state-disabled .ui-state-highlight .ui-icon All PrimeFaces components Header section of a component Content section of a component Default class of a clickable Hover class of a clickable When a clickable is selected Disabled elements. Highlighted elements. An element to represent an icon. Applies
These classes are not aware of structural css like margins and paddings, mostly they only define colors. This clean seperation brings great flexibility in theming because you dont need to know each and every skinning selectors of components to change their style. For example Panel components header section has the .ui-panel-titlebar structural class, to change the color of a panel header you dont need to about this class as .ui-widget-header also that defines the panel colors also applies to the panel header.
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8.4 Theming Tips

Default font size of themes might be bigger than expected, to change the font-size of PrimeFaces components globally, use the .ui-widget style class. An example of smaller fonts;
.ui-widget, .ui-widget .ui-widget { font-size: 90% !important; }
To create a themeable application, keep the users selected theme in a session scoped bean and use EL to change it dynamically.
<context-param> <param-name>primefaces.THEME</param-name> <param-value>#{userPreferences.theme}</param-value> </context-param>
When creating your own theme with themeroller tool, select one of the pre-designed themes that is close to the color scheme you want and customize that to save time. If you are using Apache Trinidad or JBoss RichFaces, PrimeFaces Theme Gallery includes Trinidads Casablanca and RichFacess BlueSky theme. You can use these themes to make PrimeFaces look like Trinidad or RichFaces components during migration.
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9. Utilities
9.1 RequestContext
RequestContext is a simple utility that provides useful goodies such as adding parameters to ajax callback functions. RequestContext can be obtained similarly to FacesContext.
RequestContext requestContext = RequestContext.getCurrentInstance();
RequestContext API
Method isAjaxRequest() addCallBackParam(String name, Object value) addPartialUpdateTarget(String target); Description Returns a boolean value if current request is a PrimeFaces ajax request. Adds parameters to ajax callbacks like oncomplete. Specifies component(s) to update at runtime.
Callback Parameters There may be cases where you need values from backing beans in ajax callbacks. Suppose you have a form in a p:dialog and when the user ends interaction with form, you need to hide the dialog or if therere any validation errors, form needs to be open. If you only add dialog.hide() to the oncomplete event of a p:commandButton in dialog, itll always hide the dialog even it still needs to be open. Callback Parameters are serialized to JSON and provided as an argument in ajax callbacks.
<p:commandButton actionListener="#{bean.validate}" oncomplete="handleComplete(xhr, status, args)" />
public void validate(ActionEvent actionEvent) { //isValid = calculate isValid RequestContext requestContext = RequestContext.getCurrentInstance(); requestContext.addCallbackParam("isValid", true or false); }
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<script type="text/javascript"> function handleComplete(xhr, status, args) { var isValid = args.isValid; if(isValid) dialog.hide(); } </script>
You can add as many callback parameters as you want with addCallbackParam API. Each parameter is serialized as JSON and accessible through args parameter so pojos are also supported just like primitive values. Following example sends a pojo called User that has properties like firstname and lastname to the client.
public void validate(ActionEvent actionEvent) { //isValid = calculate isValid RequestContext requestContext = RequestContext.getCurrentInstance(); requestContext.addCallbackParam("isValid", true or false); requestContext.addCallbackParam("user", user); }
<script type="text/javascript"> function handleComplete(xhr, status, args) { var firstname = args.user.firstname; var lastname = args.user.lastname; } </script>
Default validationFailed By default validationFailed callback parameter is added implicity, the value of this parameter is true only when a validation error happens at processValidations phase of JSF lifecycle. Runtime Partial Update Configuration There may be cases where you need to define which component(s) to update at runtime rather than specifying it declaratively at compile time. addPartialUpdateTarget method is added to handle this case. In example below, button actionListener decides which part of the page to update on-the-fly.
<p:commandButton value="Save" actionListener="#{bean.save}" /> <p:panel id="panel"> ... </p:panel> <p:dataTable id="table"> ... </p:panel>
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public void save(ActionEvent actionEvent) { //boolean outcome = ... RequestContext requestContext = RequestContext.getCurrentInstance(); if(outcome) requestContext.addPartialUpdateTarget("panel"); else requestContext.addPartialUpdateTarget("table"); }
When the save button is clicked, depending on the outcome, you can either configure the datatable or the panel to be updated with ajax response.
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9.2 EL Functions
PrimeFaces provides built-in EL extensions that are helpers to common use cases. Common Functions Function component(id) widgetVar(id) Component
<h:form id="form1"> <h:inputText id="name" /> </h:form> //#{p:component(name)} returns form1:name
Description Returns clientId of the component with provided server id parameter. This function is useful if you need to work with javascript. Provides the widgetVar of a component.
WidgetVar
<p:dialog id="dlg"> //contents </p:dialog> <p:commandButton type="button" value="Show" onclick="#{p:widgetVar(dlg)}.show()" />
Page Authorization
Function ifGranted(String role) ifAllGranted(String roles) ifAnyGranted(String roles) ifNotGranted(String roles) remoteUser() userPrincipal() Description Returns a boolean value if user has given role or not. Returns a boolean value if has all of the given roles or not. Returns a boolean value if has any of the given roles or not. Returns a boolean value if has all of the given roles or not. Returns the name of the logged in user. Returns the principial instance of the logged in user.
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<p:commandButton rendered="#{p:ifGranted(ROLE_ADMIN)}" /> <h:inputText disabled="#{p:ifGranted(ROLE_GUEST)}" /> <p:inputMask rendered="#{p:ifAllGranted(ROLE_EDITOR, ROLE_READER)}" /> <p:commandButton rendered="#{p:ifAnyGranted(ROLE_ADMIN, ROLE_EDITOR)}" /> <p:commandButton rendered="#{p:ifNotGranted(ROLE_GUEST)}" /> <h:outputText value="Welcome: #{p:remoteUser}" />
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10. Portlets
PrimeFaces supports portlet environments based on JSF 2 and Portlet 2 APIs. A portlet bridge is necessary to run a JSF application as a portlet and we've tested the bridge from portletfaces project. A kickstart example is available at PrimeFaces examples repository;
http://primefaces.googlecode.com/svn/examples/trunk/prime-portlet
10.1 Dependencies
Only necessary dependency compared to a regular PrimeFaces application is the JSF bridge, 2.0.0BETA3 is the latest version of portletfaces at the time of writing. Here's maven dependencies configuration from portlet sample.
<dependencies> <dependency> <groupId>javax.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-api</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>com.sun.faces</groupId> <artifactId>jsf-impl</artifactId> <version>2.0.4-b09</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.primefaces</groupId> <artifactId>primefaces</artifactId> <version>2.2</version> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>javax.portlet</groupId> <artifactId>portlet-api</artifactId> <version>2.0</version> <scope>provided</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.portletfaces</groupId> <artifactId>portletfaces-bridge</artifactId> <version>2.0.0-BETA3</version> </dependency> </dependencies>
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10.2 Configuration
portlet.xml Portlet configuration file should be located under WEB-INF folder. This portlet has two modes, view and edit.
<?xml version="1.0"?> <portlet-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd" version="2.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/portlet/portlet-app_2_0.xsd"> <portlet> <portlet-name>1</portlet-name> <display-name>PrimeFaces Portlet</display-name> <portlet-class>org.portletfaces.bridge.GenericFacesPortlet</portlet-class> <init-param> <name>javax.portlet.faces.defaultViewId.view</name> <value>/view.xhtml</value> </init-param> <init-param> <name>javax.portlet.faces.defaultViewId.edit</name> <value>/edit.xhtml</value> </init-param> <supports> <mime-type>text/html</mime-type> <portlet-mode>view</portlet-mode> <portlet-mode>edit</portlet-mode> </supports> <portlet-info> <title>PrimeFaces Portlet</title> <short-title>PrimeFaces Portlet</short-title> <keywords>JSF 2.0</keywords> </portlet-info> </portlet> </portlet-app>
web.xml Faces Servlet is only necessary to initialize JSF framework internals.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/ XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/j2ee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/ j2ee/web-app_2_5.xsd" version="2.5"> <servlet> <servlet-name>Faces Servlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>javax.faces.webapp.FacesServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> </web-app>
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faces-config.xml An empty faces-config.xml seems to be necessary otherwise bridge is giving an error.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <faces-config xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/ javaee/web-facesconfig_2_0.xsd" version="2.0"> </faces-config>
liferay-portlet.xml Liferay portlet configuration file is an extension to standard portlet configuration file.
<?xml version="1.0"?> <liferay-portlet-app> <portlet> <portlet-name>1</portlet-name> <instanceable>true</instanceable> <ajaxable>false</ajaxable> </portlet> </liferay-portlet-app>
liferay-display.xml Display configuration is used to define the location of your portlet in liferay menu.
<?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE display PUBLIC "-//Liferay//DTD Display 5.1.0//EN" "http://www.liferay.com/ dtd/liferay-display_5_1_0.dtd"> <display> <category name="category.sample"> <portlet id="1" /> </category> </display>
Pages That is it for the configuration, a sample portlet page is a partial version of the regular page to provide only the content without html and body tags.
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edit.xhtml
<f:view xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:h="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" xmlns:f="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" xmlns:ui="http://java.sun.com/jsf/facelets" xmlns:p="http://primefaces.prime.com.tr/ui"> <h:head></h:head> <h:form> <h:panelGrid id="grid" columns="2" cellpadding="10px"> <f:facet name="header"> <p:messages id="messages" /> </f:facet> <h:outputText value="Total Amount: " /> <h:outputText value="#{gambitController.amount}" /> <h:outputText value="Bet:" /> <h:inputText value="#{gambitController.bet}" /> <p:commandButton value="RED" actionListener="#{gambitController.playRed}" update="@parent" /> <p:commandButton value="BLACK" actionListener="#{gambitController.playBlack}" update="@parent" /> </h:panelGrid>
</h:form> </f:view>
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11. Integration with Java EE

PrimeFaces is all about front-end and can be backed by your favorite enterprise application framework. Following frameworks are fully supported; Spring Core (JSF Centric JSF-Spring Integration) Spring WebFlow (Spring Centric JSF-Spring Integration) EJBs Weve created sample applications to demonstrate several technology stacks involving PrimeFaces and JSF at the front layer. Source codes of these applications are available at the PrimeFaces subversion repository and theyre deployed online time to time. CDI and EJBs PrimeFaces fully supports a JAVA EE 6 environment with CDI and EJBs. Spring WebFlow We as PrimeFaces team work closely with Spring WebFlow team, PrimeFaces is suggested by SpringSource as the preferred JSF component suite for SWF applications. SpringSource repository has two samples based on SWF-PrimeFaces; a small showcase and booking-faces example. Seam 2 Seam 2 does not officially support JSF 2 thus PrimeFaces however following solution is known to be working; https://github.com/heyoulin/seam2jsf2
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12. IDE Support

12.1 NetBeans
NetBeans 7.0+ bundles PrimeFaces, when creating a new project you can select PrimeFaces from components tab;
Code completion is supported by NetBeans 6.9+ ;
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12.2 Eclipse
Code completion works out of the box for Eclipse Helios when JSF facet is enabled, older Eclipse requires a little hack to enable completion support with Facelets. Open Preferences - > General -> Content Types -> Text -> JSP and add *.xhtml extension to the list.
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With this setting, PrimeFaces components can get tag/attribute completion when opened with jsp editor for Eclipse versions prior to Helios.
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13. Project Resources

Documentation
This guide is the main resource for documentation, for additional documentation like apidocs, taglib docs, wiki and more please visit;
http://www.primefaces.org/documentation.html
Support Forum
PrimeFaces discussions take place at the support forum. Forum is public to everyone and registration is required to do a post.
http://primefaces.prime.com.tr/forum
Source Code
PrimeFaces source is at google code subversion repository.
http://primefaces.googlecode.com/svn
Issue Tracker
PrimeFaces issue tracker uses google codes issue management system. Please use the forum before creatin an issue instead.
http://code.google.com/p/primefaces/issues/list
Online Demo
PrimeFaces ShowCase demo is deployed online at;
http://www.primefaces.org/showcase
Social Networks
You can follow PrimeFaces on twitter using @primefaces, join the Facebook and LinkedIn groups.
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14. FAQ
1. Who develops PrimeFaces? PrimeFaces is developed and maintained by Prime Technology, a Turkish software development company specialized in Agile Software Development, JSF and Java EE. 2. How can I get support? Support forum is the main area to ask for help, its publicly available and free registration is required before posting. Please do not email the developers of PrimeFaces directly and use support forum instead. 3. Is enterprise support available? Yes, enterprise support is also available. Please visit support page on PrimeFaces website for more information. http://www.primefaces.org/support.html 4. Im using x component library in my project, can primefaces be compatible? Component Suite compatibility is a goal of JSF 2.0, PrimeFaces should work with any component suite that fully supports JSF 2. 5. Where is the source for the example demo applications? Source code of demo applications are in the svn repository of PrimeFaces at /examples/trunk folder. Nightly snapshot builds of each sample application are deployed at Prime Technology Maven Repository. 6. With facelets some components like charts do not work in Safari or Chrome but theres no problem with Firefox. The common reason is the response mimeType when using with PrimeFaces with facelets. You need to make sure responseType is "text/html". With facelets you can use the <f:view contentType="text/html"> to enforce this setting. 7. My page does not navigate with PrimeFaces commandButton and commandLink.? If you'd like to navigate within an ajax request, use redirect instead of forward or set ajax to false. 8. Where can I get an unreleased snapshot? Nightly snapshot builds of a future release is deployed at http://repository.prime.com.tr. 9. What is the license PrimeFaces have? PrimeFaces is free to use and licensed under Apache License V2. 10. Can I use PrimeFaces in a commercial software? Yes, Apache V2 License is a commercial friendly library. PrimeFaces does not bundle any third party software that conflicts with Apache.
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